A couple of young tennis stars from Northland have turned down offers to move back to Auckland.
In their second year of competing, Hakopa Baker, 12, and his brother Matiu Baker, 10, cleaned up the opposition at summer tournaments.
Their mother Sue, who's from Ngapuhi and Ngati Porou, says this attracted the attention of city clubs.
She told Waatea News the family moved from Auckland to Whangarei five years ago and has decided not to go back there.
Ms Baker says the family is fund-raising to send the brothers to Brisbane at the end of the month for a junior development tour with a professional coach.