Nonila "Noni" Wharemate (also known as Noni Martin; born 17 January 1982 in

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Waikato Waikato () is a Regions of New Zealand, local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton City ...

) is a member of New Zealand's women's basketball team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. She also played on New Zealand's

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

Women's basketball team in 2006 and on New Zealand's team at the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Wharemate is a member of the

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. She was named New Zealand's women's basketball defensive player of the year in 2001. She played college basketball at the

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. On 12 December 2014, Wharemate signed with the

Joondalup Wolves Joondalup Wolves is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of Wanneroo Basketball Association (WBA), the major administrative basketball organisa ...

for the 2015 SBL season.WOLFPACK WELCOMES FORMER TALL FERN POINT GUARD
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External links

''Mormon Times'' article, 13 August 2008
* 1982 births Living people New Zealand women's basketball players New Zealand Latter Day Saints UTEP Miners women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for New Zealand Basketball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in basketball Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-basketball-bio-stub