Naera Tipoki is the latest young Poverty Bay talent inspired to become a Hurricane in years to come.

The Gisborne Boys High School openside was part of the Hurricanes squad during their preseason training camp in Gisborne after being identified by the club as a player with the potential to one day wear the yellow and black jersey.

"It's definitely inspired me to want to be a Hurricane and I'm just grateful for being given the opportunity to experience the professional environment," the Year 13 student said after spending seven days training with the squad.

"The whole team have been welcoming and encouraging. I've had heaps of pats on the back, stuff like that and I've learned heaps."

Watching Naera train most days from the grandstand at Rugby Park in Gisborne was his proud father Rua Tipoki, a Maori All Black midfielder who represented North Harbour and East Coast at provincial level and the Blues and Crusaders in Super Rugby.

"He's always played rugby, but it was three years ago when he attended the New Zealand academy at the institute in Palmerston North he came home really motivated and he's just carried on from there. It's great to see him out there with the Canes boys."

Rua said his son's greatest attribute was his work rate and attitude to training.

"He was a midfielder like me all his life and he's got those skills, but I always knew he'd shift in to loosie. He's a young fella who just works very, very hard."

Born in Auckland, Naera has already done his share of traveling in the professional rugby environment with his dad's career taking his young son to Ireland where he played for Munster, and to Japan.

Naera will complete his third year in the GBHS first XV in 2016 and is aiming to be selected for the New Zealand Secondary Schools team.

He came into the Hurricanes camp after a stint out with an ankle injury, but impressed the coaching with his never say die attitude during some tough conditioning sessions.

Hurricanes high performance manager Chris Stirling said it was important to identify talent within the club's regional boundaries and provide an aspirational pathway to Super Rugby.

"All of the young players in our region are important to us whether they're from Wellington, Levin, Napier, Palmerston North or Ruatoria. It's been great to see Naera out there in the preseason and he acquitted himself very well."

Last year the Hurricanes brought another GBHS product, then New Zealand Secondary Schools lock Isaiah Walker-Leawere into the training squad and he is now in Wellington on a two year provincial union contract.