Yvette McCausland-Durie is a New Zealand netball coach and former netball player. As a player, she played for

Western Flyers The Western Flyers were a New Zealand netball team which represented most of the Central, Southern and Eastern North Island in the National Bank Cup. The team was formed in 1998 and played all ten seasons of the competition. At the end of the 20 ...

during the

National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup was the pre-eminent national netball competition in New Zealand between 1998 and 2007. From 2008, it was replaced by the ANZ Championship. Format In the rounds, each team played every other team once, then the top four teams ...

era and represented

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at under-21 level. She was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 1992 World Youth Netball Championships. As a head coach, McCausland-Durie guided

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 ...

to the

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and 2020 ANZ Premierships and the 2018 Super Club title. She has also worked with the senior New Zealand team as an assistant coach and with the under-21 team as a head coach. She was head coach when New Zealand won gold at the 2009 World Youth Netball Championships. McCausland-Durie is also a schoolteacher and educator. Together with her husband, she is a co-founder of the Manukura School based in

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; mi, Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the ...

. She is also a member of its board of trustees.

Early life, family and education

McCausland-Durie is a

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with

Ngāti Awa Ngāti Awa is a Māori iwi (tribe) centred in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand. It is made of 22 hapū (subtribes), with 15,258 people claiming affiliation to the iwi in 2006. The Ngāti Awa people are primarily located in towns ...

and

Ngāpuhi Ngāpuhi (or Ngā Puhi) is a Māori iwi associated with the Northland region of New Zealand and centred in the Hokianga, the Bay of Islands, and Whangārei. According to the 2018 New Zealand census, the estimated population of Ngāpuhi is 16 ...

affiliations. She was born in

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. It is part of the Whangārei District, a local body created in 1989 from the former Whangārei City, Whangārei County and Hikurangi Town coun ...

and attended schools in

Tangiteroria Tangiteroria is a small rural community in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located halfway between Whangārei and Dargaville on State Highway 14 on the banks of the Northern Wairoa river. It consists of a primary school, pub (currently ...

and

Dargaville Dargaville ( mi, Takiwira) is a town located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Kaipara District of the Northland region. The town is located 55 kilometres southwest of Whangāre ...

before moving to

Rangitoto College Rangitoto College is a state coeducational secondary school, located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Serving years 9 to 13, Rangitoto has a school roll of as of making it the largest "brick-and-mortar" school in New Zealand (on ...

for Year 13. She is married to Nathan Durie, a school teacher and rugby union coach, and has two children: Te Ahikaiata (born c.2001) and Atareta (born c.2004). The McCausland-Durie family are based in

. Nathan Durie is a nephew of Sir Mason Durie.

Playing career

Club netball

McCausland-Durie played club netball for Collegiate (

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), Verdettes (

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) and Feilding (

Feilding Feilding ( mi, Aorangi) is a town in the Manawatū District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 54, 20 kilometres north of Palmerston North. The town is the seat of the Manawatū District Council. Feilding has ...

). Her coaches included, among others, Margaret Forsyth and

Leigh Gibbs Leigh Helen Gibbs (, born 1956) is a New Zealand retired netball player who played for the national team on 61 occasions and was captain for the 1987 World Netball Championships when New Zealand won the gold medal. She was made an Officer of t ...

. During the

era she played for

. Her teammates at Feilding and Western Flyers included her future coaching partner,

Janine Southby Janine Southby Brown is a retired New Zealand netball player who then coached the national Silver Ferns netball team. She was also the coach of the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship. Southby played for the Western Flyers in the National B ...

New Zealand

McCausland-Durie represented

at under-21 level. She was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 1992 World Youth Netball Championships.

Coaching career

Western Flyers

Between 2004 and 2005, during the

era, McCausland-Durie served as head coach of

Central Pulse

McCausland-Durie first served as

head coach between 2009 and 2011. The highlight of her first spell as Pulse head coach, was ending their 24-game losing streak when they won their first ever match, defeating 2008 ANZ Championship winners,

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, 53–52 in a 2009 Round 13 match at the

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. In 2016 McCausland-Durie served as head coach of Central Pulse's reserve team,

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, in the

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, guiding them to grand final. Then between

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and

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, she again served as Central Pulse head coach. With a team captained by Katrina Rore and featuring, among others,

Karin Burger Karin Burger (born 12 April 1993) 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. Burger has also played for both Central Pulse and Mainland T ...

, Ameliaranne Ekenasio and Claire Kersten, she guided Pulse to four successive grand finals. Between

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and 2020, Pulse won three successive minor premierships and in both

and 2020 they were overall champions. They also won 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, Ameliarann ...

tournament. In 2019, McCausland-Durie was named ANZ Premiership Coach of the Year. After four seasons in charge of Pulse, in July 2020, McCausland-Durie announced she was stepping down as head coach. Ahead of the

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season, McCausland-Durie was appointed Central Pulse head coach for a third time.

New Zealand

McCausland-Durie has worked with the senior

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 ...

as an assistant coach and with the under-21 team as a head coach. She was an assistant coach to the under-21 team which won gold at the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships. Between 2006 and 2009 she served as the under-21 head coach and guided them to the 2009 title.

was her assistant coach. In May 2016, after Southby was appointed head coach of the senior team, she recruited McCausland-Durie as her assistant coach. McCausland-Durie subsequently served as New Zealand assistant coach between 2016 and 2018, including at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. In 2019 she was re-appointed head coach of the New Zealand under-21 team.

Teacher and educator

McCausland-Durie is a schoolteacher and educator. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Sport Management, a Bachelor of Education (Physical Education) and a Diploma of teaching. McCausland-Durie is a co-founder of the Manukura School based in

. She is also a member of its board of trustees. She previously taught in

and at

Palmerston North Girls' High School Palmerston North Girls' High School is a secondary school for girls, located in the suburb of West End in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Location The main entrance of the school is located on Fitzherbert Avenue, near the Victoria ...

. In 2005 herself and her husband, Nathan Durie, formed Tū Toa Academy, a sports academy based in

specialising in

students. In 2008 she graduated from Massey University with a Master of Education. She wrote her thesis on Māori netball player retention issues. In 2009 she guided Tū Toa to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball title. In 2013, following some restructuring, Tū Toa was relaunched as the Manukura School.

Honours

Player

;New Zealand *

World Youth Netball Championships 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'': 1992

Head Coach

;Central Pulse *

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 ...

**''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'':

;New Zealand *

**''Winners'': 2009 ;Individual Awards

References

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