Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate

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Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
Personal information
Full nameTe Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate
Born (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 33)
Died Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Hooker, Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2021 Blues Women 10000
2022–2023 Hurricanes Poua 720010
Total820010
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–2021 New Zealand 3430015
Rugby league
Position Hooker, Lock
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017 Cook Islands  ?0000
Medals
Women's rugby union
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Ireland Team competition

Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate (born 21 October 1991) is a New Zealand women's rugby player who has represented New Zealand in rugby union and the Cook Islands in rugby league. [1] [2]

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Personal life

Ngata-Aerengamate was born in Auckland, New Zealand. [3] She is a teacher and taught at Tangaroa College [4] and now teaches at Kaitaia College. [5] She teaches the Maori language and P.E. She is of Maori and Cook Island descent. [6]

Rugby career

Rugby Union

Ngata-Aerengamate debuted for New Zealand Black Ferns in 2014 against Australia. She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. [7] She led the haka at the World Cup. [8] In 2022, Ngata-Aerengamate criticised New Zealand Rugby for alleged favouritism and that Maori and Moana Pasifika origin players were being marginalised with "body shaming" comments being made by coaches. [9] The coach accused stepped down from his role with the Black Ferns and New Zealand Rugby carried out a cultural review, apologising to Ngata-Aerengamate for what happened. [1]

Ngata-Aerengamate played for the Blues against the Chiefs in the first-ever women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand on 1 May 2021. [10] [11] On 3 November 2021, she was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition. [12] [13] In June 2025, it was revealed that she had been appointed as the head coach of Hamotorangi's women's team in the East Coast Rugby Football Union. [14]

Rugby League

Ngata-Aerengamate played for the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, [2] and in rugby league nines at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship, scoring a try against Canada. [15]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Zealand Rugby apologises to Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate after culture review". BBC Sport. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Black Ferns star Toka Natua representing Cook Islands at Women's Rugby League World Cup". Stuff.nz. 17 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate Player Profile & Stats". Rugby Database. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Leilani Perese". www.tangaroa.school.nz. Tangaroa College. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate". allblacks.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Rowan, Kate (24 August 2017). "'Leading the haka fires me up, it's like an adrenalin rush'". The Telegraph. ISSN   0307-1235. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. ↑ Farrell, Sean (1 August 2017). "'They're the wonder women of our culture': The haka and the second wind it gives the Black Ferns". The42. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. ↑ "Players report cultural insensitivity in NZ review". BBC Sport. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "nib BLUES WOMEN'S TEAM EXCITED FOR HISTORIC CLASH". Blues Rugby. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Women's Super Rugby Preview: Blues v Chiefs (2021)". allblacks.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki 2022 Squad". Blues Rugby. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Exciting nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki Squad Announced". Blues Rugby. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  14. ↑ O'Brien Leaf, Ben. "Former Black Fern coaching East Coast women's rugby team". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. ↑ "Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results". QRL.com.au. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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