He was the first M?ori to represent New Zealand in cricket.

He also holds the record for the highest One Day International innings score without a boundary (96 vs India, in Baroda, 1994).

After representing New Zealand for more than a decade, Parore retired from international cricket, his last Test match played against England in Auckland in 2002. He finished with 204 Test dismissals, a New Zealand record.

In 2008 Parore signed for playing in the Indian Cricket League, a Twenty20 tournament.

In 2003 he began a relationship with socialite and television presenter Sally Ridge, with whom he had two children, and ran a sports clothing company. Ridge and Parore were involved in a controversial house demolition when they wanted to demolish a 100-year-old house and replace it with a new building.

In 2006, Parore started his own business, Adam Parore Mortgages as a mortgage broker.

In 2009 the couple were embroiled in a $1 million leaky homes lawsuit. They broke up in 2010.

In May 2011 he climbed Mount Everest, the only Test cricketer to do so.^[9]

In March 2014 he married 22-year-old Miller Rose MacLeod-McGhie in Hokianga.^[10] The couple reportedly separated in 2016.^[11]