Aliyah Dunn (born 19 October 1999) is a New Zealand netball international. Dunn was a prominent member of the

Central Pulse Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Central in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Central is the governing body that r ...

teams that won the

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and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles. She was also a fringe member of the 2017 Southern Steel team that won the inaugural ANZ Premiership title. Dunn was also a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup and the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series. Between 2015 and 2017, Dunn also represented the

New Zealand women's national basketball team The New Zealand's elite women's basketball team is affectionately known to their home fans as the Tall Ferns. The team has been coached by Guy Molloy since 2018. The assistant coaches are Aik Ho and Jody Cameron. The Tall Ferns have a FIBA worl ...

at under-17 and under-19 (Junior Tall Ferns) levels. In 2022 she played for Tokomanawa Queens in the new Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league.

Early life, family and education

Dunn was born and raised in

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

. She is of

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

and Samoan descent. She is a distant cousin of

Te Amo Amaru-Tibble Te Amo Amaru-Tibble (born 11 May 1989) is a New Zealand netball player who has had three spells playing for Central Pulse. She first played for Pulse between 2009 and 2011, during the ANZ Championship era. In 2016 and 2017, she had a second ...

. They had never met before becoming 2021 Central Pulse team mates. However, they found out they are related through Dunn's

Southland Southland may refer to: Places Canada * Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia New Zealand * Southland Region, a region of New Zealand * Southland County, a former New Zealand county * Southland District, part of the wider Southland Re ...

-based grandmother, who was originally a Tibble with

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Porou is affiliated with the 28th Maori Battalion and has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi in New Zealand ...

family connections. Dunn also has

Whakatōhea Whakatōhea is a Māori people, Māori iwi located in the eastern Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand. The iwi is traditionally centred in the area around the town of Ōpōtiki. The traditional territorial lands extend eastwards from Ohiwa Har ...

, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Te Whānau-ā-Apanui is a Māori iwi (Iwi is the Maori word for tribe) located in the eastern Bay of Plenty and East Coast regions of New Zealand's North Island. In 2006, the iwi registered 11,808 members, representing 13 hapū. History Early ...

affiliations. Both of Dunn's parents played representative

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for Southland. Her father, Terrence, also played for

Southland Sharks The Southland Sharks are a New Zealand basketball team based in Invercargill. The Sharks compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Stadium Southland. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the SBS Bank S ...

. Aliyah's four siblings have all played basketball at a representative level. In her youth, Dunn played both representative netball and basketball. She attended

Te Wharekura o Arowhenua Te Wharekura o Arowhenua is a Māori high school (wharekura) located in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 1–15 (aged around 5 to 18 years old). The school has pupils, all of whom are Māori people, Māori. Information ...

and

Verdon College Verdon College is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 7 to 15 (ages 11–18). The college is named after Bishop Michael Verdon (1838–1918) who was the second Catholic Bishop of ...

Netball

Playing career

Southern Steel

Dunn was a fringe member of the 2017 Southern Steel team, making two appearances as Steel won the inaugural

ANZ Premiership The ANZ Premiership is the top level netball league featuring teams from New Zealand. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from Australia, as the top level netball league in New Zealand. It is organised by Netball ...

title. She began the season playing for Netball South,

Southern Steel Southern Steel are a netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 ANZ Championship season, 2008 and 2016 ANZ Championship season, 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 ANZ Premiership seas ...

's reserve team, in the

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. On 30 April she made her

debut for Steel in a 66–46 win against

Northern Mystics Northern Mystics are a New Zealand netball team based in Auckland. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Northern in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Northern is the governing body t ...

. Dunn replaced

Jhaniele Fowler-Reid Jhaniele Fowler (formerly known as Jhaniele Fowler-Reid; born 21 July 1989) is a professional Jamaican netball player and as of 2018 a member of the West Coast Fever in the Suncorp Super Netball League. Fowler also plays domestic netball in Jam ...

with two minutes left in the fourth quarter. On 14 June, after four Steel players were injured in a road traffic accident, Dunn was one of four Netball South players called up to the Steel team for a 51–46 win against

Mainland Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Champions ...

Central Pulse

Ahead of the

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season, Dunn signed for

. Dunn was subsequently a prominent member of the Pulse teams that won the

and 2022 ANZ Premiership titles. In 2018 she landed 524 goals from 577 attempts with a 91% accuracy. Only Lenize Potgieter was more accurate. Dunn finished the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons as the most accurate New Zealand shooter in the league with 92%, 91% and 90% returns, respectively. In 2022 Dunn was the ANZ Premiership's leading goal-scorer, landing 618 out of 664 with 93% accuracy. Between 2018 and 2022, Dunn played and scored in four grand finals for Pulse. At the end of the 2022 season, Dunn announced she was leaving Pulse.

Mainland Tactix

Ahead of the

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season, Dunn signed for

New Zealand

Dunn was a member of the

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team that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup. She made her senior debut for New Zealand on 18 September 2018 against

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during the September 2018 Netball Quad Series. In October 2018 she featured for New Zealand in the 2018 Constellation Cup and was a member of the Fast5 Ferns team that won the 2018 Fast5 Netball World Series. Despite her impressive scoring stats with

and been called up for training squads, Dunn was not included in the

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squads.

Statistics

Grand finals

ANZ Premiership statistics

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Basketball

Playing career

New Zealand

Between 2015 and 2017, Dunn represented

at under-17 and under-19 (Junior Tall Ferns) levels. She was selected to play for the under-17s aged just 15 while attending

. She subsequently played for New Zealand teams that toured

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and

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Club level

In 2019, Dunn was a member of the Capital Swish team that won Women's Basketball Championship Division 2 title. After missing out on selection for the

New Zealand national netball team The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent New Zealand in international netball. The team take their nickname from the Silver Tree Fern (''Cyathea dealbata''), which is an emblem for many New Zealand s ...

for the

, Dunn switched codes and signed for Tokomanawa Queens in the new Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa league.

Honours

Netball

;

Fast5 Netball World Series The Fast5 Netball World Series is an international Fast5 netball competition that was contested for the first time in October 2009. The new competition features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. The ...

**''Winners'':

Netball World Youth Cup Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championships of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicenten ...

**''Winners'':

;

**''Winners'':

**''Runners up'':

**''Minor premiers'':

Netball New Zealand Super Club The Netball New Zealand Super Club was a netball tournament organised by Netball New Zealand. It featured teams from the ANZ Premiership as well as invited overseas teams, including teams from Australia, Great Britain, South Africa and Singapo ...

**''Winners'':

;

**''Winners'':

**''Minor premiers'':

Basketball

;Tokomanawa Queens * Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa **''Winners'': 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, Aliyah 1999 births Living people New Zealand netball players New Zealand Māori netball players New Zealand international netball players New Zealand international Fast5 players National Netball League (New Zealand) players ANZ Premiership players Southern Steel players Central Pulse players Mainland Tactix players New Zealand women's basketball players Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa players Power forwards (basketball) Centers (basketball) People educated at Verdon College Sportspeople from Invercargill New Zealand sportspeople of Samoan descent Ngāti Porou people Ngāti Kahungunu people Whakatōhea people Te Whānau-ā-Apanui people