Norm Hewitt has passed away

Former All Blacks hooker and Dancing with the Stars winner Norm Hewitt has passed away. He was 55.

It is understood he died last night. He had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease, his family said in a statement.

”Although rugby dominated his early life, he established a thriving human relations consultancy after retirement, and his services were much in demand both nationally and internationally,” they said.

”He walked confidently in both Māori and Pākehā worlds and was a particular role model for troubled youth, citing his own background, and offering inspirational teachings that one’s present life need not be one’s future.”