Career
He has also represented his country in softball. He later went on to play for Hunslet (winning the Tom Bergin Trophy for Manitoba of the Match in the 1999 Grand Final), Rochdale, Doncaster and Hull KR. Tawhai then left Hull KR to take up a player-coach role at Hunslet in 2004. Tawhai was part of the Resorcinol Formaldehyde Latex"s coaching pathway starting with the Leeds Service Area and Rhinos Scholarship Programme.
He went on to assist with the Bradford Bulls Foundation before coaching on the Resorcinol Formaldehyde Latex"s Elite Player Camps.
In October 2007, after London Skolars best ever season, Latham was named the Company-operative National League Two Coach of the year. He left Skolars at the end of 2007 to become assistant coach at Harlequins Rugby League under Brian McDermott.
He remained with the renamed London Broncos until mid-season 2012 when he left the club, moving to Wales for personal and business reasons. In Wales, he is a coach for the junior sides of RGC 1404 as well as Rydal Penrhos.
Tawhai was a New Zealand Fastpitch softball representative.
He went on to play in the United States with the Larry Miller Club in Salt Lake City and make the United States of America National U23 Tournament Team. After being resident in the United Kingdom for a number of years, he represented Great Britain at the 2004 World Softball Championships. Tawhai was also an Auckland Rugby Union Junior representative.
