Reinga Bloxham, also known as Reinga Te Huia, is a former New Zealand netball player and current coach. During the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era, she played for

Southern Sting The Southern Sting were a netball team based in Invercargill, New Zealand that competed in the National Bank Cup competition, formerly known as the Coca-Cola Cup. The Southern Sting team won the National Bank Cup seven times and are the only tea ...

. Since 2016, she has served as head coach of

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 ...

in the

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 ...

. In

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and

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, Bloxham guided Steel to two successive ANZ Premiership titles.

Early life and family

Bloxham is a

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with

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affiliations. She was born and raised in

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 ...

. Differing sources give her place of birth as either

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or Wyndham. She is a niece of

Georgie Salter Georgina Hera Salter (née Hapuku; 2 December 1950 – 28 November 2018) was a New Zealand netball coach and international netball player. Biography Salter was a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, from 1974 to 1975. She c ...

, the former New Zealand netball international. Bloxham is the mother of two children, a son, Te Kaanu (born, c. 2000) and a daughter, Maraea (born, c. 2005). Bloxham is also a primary school teacher.

Playing career

Southern Sting

Between 1998 and 2004, during the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era, Bloxham played as a midcourter for

. She was a founding member of the Southern Sting team.

Southland

Bloxham also played representative netball for Southland in the National Championships.

Coaching career

Southland

In 2009, Te Huia, together with Jo Cunningham, co-coached the Southland team to victory in the Lois Muir Challenge. In 2010 and 2011, Te Huia and Cunningham co-coached the Southland team in the National Provincial Championships. Te Huia was the sole head coach of the Southland NPC team in both 2012 and 2013.

Netball South

In 2014 Te Huia was head coach of the Netball South U23 team that finished as runners up in the National U23 Championships.

Southern Steel

;Assistant coach During the 2013 ANZ Championship season, Te Huia joined

as a defensive coach, replacing

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as a member of Steel's coaching staff. In

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and

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, she served as assistant coach to

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. When Southby was appointed

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head coach, Te Huia unsuccessfully applied for the Steel head coach position. Despite this, she subsequently served

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as assistant coach for the

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season and helped Steel finish as minor premiers. ;Head coach In October 2016, ahead of the

season,

appointed Te Huia, now Bloxham, as their new head coach. She subsequently guided Steel to an unbeaten season with 21 wins and zero defeats. Steel finished the season as minor premiers and winners of both the 2017 ANZ Premiership and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. In

, Bloxham guided Steel to a second

title.

New Zealand

In 2022, Bloxham has worked with

as head coach of the New Zealand A team and as assistant coach of the senior team.

Honours

Coach

;

**''Winners'':

**''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'':

Player

;

* Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup **''Winners'': 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

References

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