Ngā Karere

20 July 2024

Tū ora, tū kaha, tū mana, tū Māori

Aotearoa Māori Netball along with Head Coach Ngarama Milner-Olsen have named a team to play in Fiji at the end of September.

Following two 2-day camps in Wellington and Auckland at the end of April and beginning of June which involved whakawhanaungatanga, player profiling, fitness testing, specialist skills sessions and trial matches, a team of 12 kōhine has been confirmed.

The AMNSS team will travel to Fiji from 26 September to 2 October with fixtures involving the Fiji Secondary School, Under 21 and Academy sides.

Milner-Olsen, who will coach the team along with assistant Tash Tawhara, was thrilled to be touring Fiji.

"This is such a great opportunity for our kōhine to gain international experience through this kaupapa and to launch Māori Netball back on to the international circuit, something we haven't been able to do since before Covid."

National Netball Manager, Ashleigh-Kate Araroa-Waerea noted that it had been a comprehensive process leading up to the announcement of the team which began with the preparation of players in their Māori netball regions for National Tournament at Easter weekend followed by the two 2-day trial camps and remote tracking of players in-between.

"The past twenty years has highlighted the value AMNOHL brings to the wider netball space with many of New Zealand's elite players having come through our programme and gone on to New Zealand Secondary Schools,  National Netball League, ANZ and Silver Fern squads."

2024 Aotearoa Māori Netball Secondary School Team

Player | Waka Poitarawhiti | Iwi

Aria Gardiner | Tāmaki-makau-rau | Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Tūhoe

Anika Pihema | Te Raki Paewhenua | Te Rarawa

Hinemaioha Rolleston-Gabel | Tainui | Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Awa,Ngāti Kahu,Tūhoe

Hineteohorere Tapuke | Ikaroa ki te Raki | Te Atiawa

Faith Taihia, Ngāpuhi | Tāmaki-makau-rau | Ngāti Porou,Te Aupōuri,Te Rarawa

Skyla Tainui-Takerei | Tāmaki-makau-rau | Ngāti Haua, Ngāti Maniapoto

Sasha Tobin | Tāmaki-makau-rau | Ngāpuhi

Moana Uerata | Waiariki | Ngāti Whakaue, Waikato

Stevie Brown-Wahanui | Tainui | Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Mutunga, Te Atiawa

Manaia White | Waiariki | Ngāi Tahu, Kai Tahu, Ngāti Pikiao

Liliana Wills | Waiariki | Ngāpuhi

Breearn Wilson | Ikaroa ki te Tonga | Ngāpuhi

Non-Travelling Reserves

Unuhia Crosby-Te Whare | Tāmaki-makau-rau | Ngāti Maniapoto, Tāmaki-makau-rau

Shikynah Pearson | Ikaroa ki te Tonga | Muaūpoko, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Raukawa

Kahurangi Skudder | Ikaroa ki Te Raki | Tapuika, Waitaha

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Parekura Cribb

National Manager

email: nationalmanager@amnohl.com

phone: + 64 210 653 0653

Twenty one players have been selected from a two day Trials Camp held in Te Whanganui-ā-Tara on the 24th and 25th of April to move forward to phase three of the national body's 2024 secondary school programme.  A total of 47 trialists were invited to attend the Trials Camp following the National Aotearoa Māori Netball Tournament held in Rotorua over Easter Weekend.  The focus of the trials camp was around whakawhanaungatanga and making connections with head coaches Ngarama Milner-Olsen and Tash Tawhara really pleased with how authentically this played out and the connections that were made across the whole group including players, team management and volunteers. 

National Netball Manager Ashleigh-Kate Araroa-Waerea was thrilled with the number in attendance, as well as the quality and competencies of the players.  "For many, this was a first experience coming to an event like this through AMNOHL, in a noho marae setting coupled with performance elements.  Seeing the connections between players is something that I am sure they will cherish and remember going forward."

The squad of 21 will head back into camp in June for another touch point and from here a final team will be selected to attend fixtures later in the year.

1. Pirihira Balt | Ikaroa Ki Te Tonga

2. Jonni-Rose Chamberlain | Tāmaki Makaurau

3. Unuhia Crosby Te Whare | Tāmaki Makaurau

4. Aria Gardiner | Tāmaki Makaurau

5. Jordahna Matthes | Tainui

6. Baylee Meroiti | Ikaroa Ki Te Tonga

7. Shikynah Pearson | Ikaroa Ki Te Tonga

8. Anika Pihema | Te Raki Paewhenua

9. Kaziah Riley-Rata | Tainui

10. Parris Robertson | Te Raki Paewhenua

11. Kahurangi Skudder | Ikaroa Ki Te Raki

12. Faith Taihia | Tāmaki Makaurau

13. Sasha Tobin | Tāmaki Makaurau

14. Moana Uerata | Waiariki

15. Manaia White | Waiariki

16. Liliana Wills | Waiariki

17. Breearn Wilson | Ikaroa Ki Te Tonga

18. Shayla Nepia | Tāmaki Makaurau

19. Skyla Tainui-Takerei | Tāmaki Makaurau

20. Anika Barham | Ikaroa Ki Te Raki

21. Hinemaioha Rolleston-Gable | Tainui