Daneka Wipiiti (born 8 December 1982 in

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) is a former New Zealand international

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player who played for the

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, the Silver Ferns, and the

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in the

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. Wipiiti started her netball career in 1998 for the Western Flyers as a 15-year-old in the

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. She transferred to the

Northern Force Northern Force are a former New Zealand netball team based in North Harbour, North Shore, Auckland Region. As a result, they were also known as either North Harbour Force or North Shore Force. Between 1998 and 2007, Force played in the Coc ...

in 2002, playing with them until 2006. In 2007, Wipiiti joined the National Bank Cup–winning

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, coached by

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. She stayed in Southland with the start of the

in 2008, joining the new

franchise. Wipiiti was a surprise name in the Silver Ferns for the

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at only 19 years of age. She was dropped in 2003, and played with the New Zealand A team from 2004 to 2006. She regained her position in the Silver Ferns in 2008, but pulled out the following year due to pregnancy, before returning in 2010.

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2011 Silver Ferns profile2010 ANZ Championship season
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