Erena Mikaere

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Erena Mikaere
Personal information
Full nameErena Mikaere
Born (1988-07-09) 9 July 1988 (age 35) [1]
Rotorua [2] [3]
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
School Rotorua Lakes High School
Netball career
Playing position(s): GK, GD, WD
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2011–2013 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 5
2013–2014 Southern Steel 5
2014–2016 West Coast Fever 19
2016 → Western Sting
2017–2018 Sunshine Coast Lightning 15
2017 → Team Northumbria
2019 Northern Mystics 15
2020– Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2019 New Zealand 1

Erena Mikaere (born 9 July 1988) is a former New Zealand netball international. Mikaere was a member of three premiership winning teams. She was a prominent member of the Sunshine Coast Lightning teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. She was also a fringe member of the 2012 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic team that won the ANZ Championship title. During the ANZ Championship era, she also played for Southern Steel and West Coast Fever. She was the first New Zealand player to play for an Australian ANZ Championship team. During the ANZ Premiership era, she has played for Northern Mystics and Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic.

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Early life, family and education

Mikaere is a Māori with Te Arawa and Tūhourangi affiliations. She was born in Rotorua. [1] [2] [3] [4] She also has Scottish ancestry on her mother's side. [5] Her parents are Brenda and Kerry. She attended Rotorua Lakes High School. [6] [7] [8] While playing for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Southern Steel and West Coast Fever, Mikaere was in a relationship with William Creighton. They lived together in Invercargill and Western Australia. In October 2009, Mikaere gave birth to a daughter, Bileigh Creighton. [4] [7] [9] [10] [11]

Playing career

ANZ Championship

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Between 2011 and 2013, Mikaere was included in Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic squads for the ANZ Championship. [6] [9] [12] [13] She was a member of Noeline Taurua's 2012 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic team that won the ANZ Championship title. [14] [15] In three seasons at Magic, Mikaere played just 31 minutes and 13 seconds, spread across five matches. She was kept out of the team by Casey Kopua and Leana de Bruin. [10] [16]

Southern Steel

Ahead of the 2014 ANZ Championship season, Mikaere signed for Southern Steel. [10] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] However, much of Mikaere's 2014 season was spent watching from the bench with the likes of Rachel Rasmussen, Phoenix Karaka and Storm Purvis keeping her out of the team. She made just five appearances for Steel. [21] [22]

West Coast Fever

In 2015 and 2016, Mikaere played for West Coast Fever. She was the first New Zealand player to play for an Australian ANZ Championship team. [7] [21] [22] [23] [24] While playing for Fever, Mikaere also played for Western Sting in the Australian Netball League. [25]

Sunshine Coast Lightning

Ahead of the inaugural 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season, Mikaere joined Sunshine Coast Lightning. [26] [27] Reuniting with Noeline Taurua, she was subsequently a prominent member of the Lightning teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. [7] [28] [29] Mikaere made 15 senior appearances for Lightning. [30] While playing for Lightning, Mikaere guested for and captained Team Northumbria in the 2017 British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship. [5] [31] [32] [33]

ANZ Championship

Northern Mystics

Ahead of the 2019 ANZ Premiership season, Mikaere signed for Northern Mystics. [7] [29] [34] [35] [36] She made 15 appearances for Mystics. [37]

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Since 2020, Mikaere has played for Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. [2] [11] [37] [38] On 1 June 2022, in a match against Northern Stars, Mikaere made her 100th senior league appearance. [8] [39]

Statistics

SeasonTeamG/AGARBCPRFDICDFPNTOMP
2019 Mystics 0/00238135681491615
2020 Magic 0/002114112531371113
2021 Magic 0/00938011631771215
2022 Magic 0/0?2070960144714
Career

Sources: [37] [40]

New Zealand

On 13 January 2019, Mikaere made her only senior appearance for New Zealand against England during the 2019 Netball Quad Series. She came on as a replacement for Jane Watson in the third quarter. [41] [42] [43] Mikaere has also played for New Zealand A and Mixed Invitational teams in the Cadbury Netball Series. [44] [45] [46]

Television

Mikaere has worked as television presenter for Whakaata Māori. Together with Stacey Fluhler and Liam Messam, she hosts Te Ao Toa, a sports show with a Māori perspective. [3] [47] [48]

Honours

Sunshine Coast Lightning
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

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