'Api Taufa is a

Tongan New Zealander Tongan New Zealanders are Tongan immigrants in New Zealand, their descendants, and New Zealanders of Tongan ethnic descent. They constitute one of New Zealand's most sizeable ethnic minorities. In the 2013 census, 60,336 New Zealanders identified ...

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

player who has represented

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

internationally. She plays for the

Central Manawa Central Manawa are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington. Since 2016 they have represented Netball Central in the National Netball League. Netball Central is the governing body that represents the Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, T ...

. She is the sister of netballer Salote Taufa.

Education

Taufa was educated at Newlands College. In 2016 she was part of the championship-winning Wellington under-19 tournament team. She was then selected for the New Zealand under-19 netball team. In November 2016 she was selected as a trialist for the New Zealand Under-21 netball team.

Career

In 2016 she was selected for the

. In 2020 she ruptured her Achilles tendon. In February 2022 she was selected for the Central Manawa for the 2022 season. Later that year she was selected for the

Tonga national netball team The Tonga national netball team ( to, timi netipolo fakafonua ʻa Tonga) represents Tonga in international women's netball. Although netball has been played in Tonga, they joined the International Netball Federation in 2011. Tonga won bronze at the ...

for the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers.

References

Living people New Zealand sportspeople of Tongan descent New Zealand netball players Tongan netball players Year of birth missing (living people) National Netball League (New Zealand) players Central Manawa players People educated at Newlands College {{Tonga-sport-bio-stub