Erikana Pedersen (born 28 July 1994) is a former New Zealand netball international. She began her senior netball playing career with

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 tha ...

during the

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era. Between

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and

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, Pedersen played for

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

. In both

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and

, she was a prominent member of the Tactix teams that finished as

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 ...

runners up and grand finalists. In

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she was a 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 ...

team that were ANZ Premiership champions. As a result, between 2020 and 2022, Pedersen played in three successive ANZ Premiership grand finals.

Early life, family and education

Erikana Pedersen Baledrokadroka was born in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

. She was born into a

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family with ancestry from both

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

and the

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. Her Fijian family are from Matailobau in

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. She is the daughter of Ratu Jope Tini Rinabobo, also known as Paul Baledrokadroka, a teacher at

Kelston Boys' High School Kelston Boys' High School ("KBHS") (Te kura tuarua o nga tamatane o kerehana) is an all-boys state secondary school in Kelston, a suburb in the Waitakere region of Auckland, New Zealand. It was created in 1963 when the roll of Kelston High Scho ...

. He attended

Marist Brothers High School Marist Brothers High School is a Roman Catholic all-boys' high school situated in Suva, the capital of Fiji. It is a school in the Marist tradition, founded in 1946 by the order of Marist Brothers, which has had a presence in Fiji since 1844. ...

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and is the younger brother of

Jone Baledrokadroka Colonel Jone Baledrokadroka is a former career soldier who joined the Army in 1981 and was commissioned after attending an Officers commissioning course in Fiji. He was briefly the Acting Land Force Commander in January 2006. He was dismissed fr ...

. Pedersen is the eldest of five siblings. Her brother, Mandela Baledrokadroka, attended

Davis & Elkins College Davis & Elkins College (D&E) is a private college in Elkins, West Virginia. History The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins, who were b ...

on a

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scholarship, while another brother, Bonowai Baledrokadroka, has played

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

for the

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under-20 team. Pedersen attended

Mount Albert Grammar School Mount Albert Grammar School, commonly known as MAGS, is a co-educational state secondary school in Mount Albert in Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches students in year levels 9 to 13. , Mount Albert Grammar School is the second largest school in ...

. Together with

Maia Wilson Maia Wilson (born 21 September 1997) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2017 Netball World Youth Cup and the 2021 Constellation Cup. She also represented New Zealand at the 2022 Comm ...

and

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, she was a member of MAGS teams that won four successive New Zealand Secondary School netball titles between 2012 and 2015. Pedersen has also attended

Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology (AUT) ( mi, Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT ...

and

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

Playing career

Northern Mystics

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and

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, Pedersen played for

in the

Mainland Tactix

Between

and

, Pedersen played for

. While a Tactix player, Pedersen guested for Marama Vou, a Netball Fiji representative team that played in the

2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club The 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the inaugural Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. With a team coached by Reinga Bloxham, captained by Wendy Frew and featuring Gina Crampton, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, Shannon Francois, and Jane Wa ...

tournament. On 23 May 2018, during a ANZ Premiership Round 3 49–48 win over

Northern Stars Northern Stars are a New Zealand netball team based in South Auckland. Since 2017 they have competed in the ANZ Premiership. The team was named after the Matariki star cluster which is also featured on the team's logo. They were grand finalist ...

, Pedersen made 50th senior league appearance. She was subsequently a member of the Tactix team that finished as runners up to

in the

2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club The 2018 Netball New Zealand Super Club was the second edition of Netball New Zealand's invitational tournament. With a team coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, captained by Katrina Grant and featuring Karin Burger, Aliyah Dunn, Ameliaranne Eke ...

tournament. Pedersen missed most of the

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season after suffering an

ACL injury An anterior cruciate ligament injury occurs when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is either stretched, partially torn, or completely torn. The most common injury is a complete tear. Symptoms include pain, an audible cracking sound during inju ...

just four minutes into the first round match against

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. Between 1999 and 2007, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017, Magic have ...

. However, she successfully returned from the injury and in both

and

, she was a prominent member of the Tactix teams that finished as

runners up and grand finalists. Pedersen was not included in the

Tactix squad after deciding to step back from the elite game.

Central Pulse

Ahead of the

season, Pedersen came out of her brief retirement and joined

as a temporary replacement player. She received a call from Wai Taumaunu, the high performance director and a specialist coach, after Maddy Gordon missed the start of the season with a knee injury. On 21 May 2022, during a 59–49 win over

Southern Steel Southern Steel are a New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball South in the ANZ Premiership. Netball South is the governing body that re ...

, Pedersen made her 100th senior league appearance. She went to help Pulse win their third

title. The grand final was her 104th senior league appearance.

New Zealand

Together with

Malia Paseka Malia Vaka (née Paseka; born 23 September 1994) is a New Zealand netball player who played junior netball in Australia. She was then a member of the New Zealand national netball team at the 2015 Netball World Cup The Netball World Cup Sydney ...

Te Paea Selby-Rickit Te Paea Selby-Rickit (born 14 January 1992) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup. She has also represented New Zealand at the 2018 and the 2022 Commonwealth Games ...

and

Phoenix Karaka Phoenix Karaka (born 6 November 1993) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup. Christine Papali'i is her mother. Career Following her success at secondary school l ...

, Pedersen was a member of the

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team that won the 2013 World Youth Netball Championship. Between 2015 and 2018 she was a member of New Zealand development squads. She also represented New Zealand at the

2017 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2017 Fast5 Netball World Series was the eighth staging of the annual Fast5 Netball World Series, and the fifth to be played under the new Fast5 rules, which replaced the older fastnet rules introduced in 2009. The tournament was held in Austral ...

. On 14 October 2018, Pedersen made her only senior appearance for New Zealand in a 55–44 win against

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during the

2018 Constellation Cup The 2018 Constellation Cup was the 9th Constellation Cup series played between Australia national netball team, Australia and New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand. The series featured four Test match (netball), netball test matches, pl ...

. She replaced

Gina Crampton Gina Crampton (born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup and the 2021 Constellation Cup. Crampton was also a member of the Southern Steel teams t ...

who left the court early in the first quarter for medical attention.

Statistics

Grand finals

ANZ Premiership

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Honours

;

**''Winners'':

**''Minor premiers'':

;

**''Runners up'':

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 ...

**''Runners Up'':

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pedersen, Erikana 1994 births Living people New Zealand netball players New Zealand international netball players New Zealand international Fast5 players Northern Mystics players Mainland Tactix players Central Pulse players ANZ Championship players ANZ Premiership players Netball players from Auckland People educated at Mount Albert Grammar School Auckland University of Technology alumni Massey University alumni New Zealand people of Fijian descent New Zealand people of Cook Island descent