Erena Mikaere (born 9 July 1988) is a New Zealand netball international. Mikaere was a member of three premiership winning teams. She was a prominent member of the Sunshine Coast Lightning teams that won the

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and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. She was also a fringe member of the 2012 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic team that won the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

title. During the ANZ Championship era, she also played for

Southern Steel Southern Steel may refer to: * Southern Steel (netball) Southern Steel are a netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 ANZ Championship season, 2008 and 2016 ANZ Championship season, 2016, they played ...

and

West Coast Fever West Coast Fever is a professional Australian netball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Since 2017 they have played in Suncorp Super Netball. Between 2008 and 2016, they competed in the ANZ Championship. Between 1997 and 2007, as Pert ...

. She was the first

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player to play for an

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ANZ Championship team. During 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 Netbal ...

era, she has played for

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 t ...

and

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic are a New Zealand netball team based in Hamilton. The team were formed in 1998, following the merger of Waikato Wildcats and Bay of Plenty Magic. In 1997, Wildcats and Magic had been founder members of the Coca-Col ...

Early life, family and education

Mikaere is a

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

with

Te Arawa Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori people, Māori iwi and hapū (tribes and sub-tribes) of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the ''Arawa (canoe), Arawa'' migration canoe (''waka''). The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plent ...

and Tūhourangi affiliations. She was born in

Rotorua Rotorua () is a city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from which it takes its name. It is the seat of the Rotorua Lakes District, a territorial authorities of New Zea ...

. She also has

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ancestry on her mother's side. Her parents are Brenda and Kerry. She attended Rotorua Lakes High School. While playing for

and

, Mikaere was in a relationship with William Creighton. They lived together in

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and

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. In October 2009, Mikaere gave birth to a daughter, Bileigh Creighton.

Playing career

ANZ Championship

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Between

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and

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, Mikaere was included in

squads for the

. She was a member of

Noeline Taurua Dame Noeline Taurua (born 26 March 1968) is a New Zealand international netball coach and former representative player. She is currently head coach of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns. Early life Taurua was born in Papa ...

's 2012 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic team that won the

title. In three seasons at Magic, Mikaere played just 31 minutes and 13 seconds, spread across five matches. She was kept out of the team by Casey Kopua and Leana de Bruin.

Southern Steel

Ahead of the

2014 ANZ Championship season The 2014 ANZ Championship season was the seventh season of the ANZ Championship. The 2014 season began on 1 March and concluded on 22 June. With a team coached by Simone McKinnis, captained by Bianca Chatfield and also featuring Tegan Caldwell, ...

, Mikaere signed for

. However, much of Mikaere's 2014 season was spent watching from the bench with the likes of Rachel Rasmussen,

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 ...

and

Storm Purvis Storm Purvis (born 20 April 1993) is a New Zealand netball player who plays for the Silver Ferns internationally, and for the Northern Stars in the ANZ Premiership. She plays in the GD and GK positions. Purvis started her netball career playin ...

keeping her out of the team. She made just five appearances for Steel.

West Coast Fever

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, Mikaere played for

. She was the first

player to play for an

team. While playing for Fever, Mikaere also played for Western Sting in the

Australian Netball League The Australian Netball Championships, formerly the Australian Netball League, is an Australian netball competition. Since 2008, it has served as a second-level competition, initially below the ANZ Championship and later below Suncorp Super Net ...

Sunshine Coast Lightning

Ahead of the inaugural

2017 Suncorp Super Netball season The 2017 Suncorp Super Netball season was the inaugural season of the premier netball league in Australia, following the disbanding of the ANZ Championship in 2016. The regular season began on 18 February 2017 and concluded with the Grand Final ...

, Mikaere joined Sunshine Coast Lightning. Reuniting with

, she was subsequently a prominent member of the Lightning teams that won the 2017 and 2018 Suncorp Super Netball titles. Mikaere made 15 senior appearances for Lightning. While playing for Lightning, Mikaere guested for and captained Team Northumbria in the 2017

British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship The British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship is a Fast5 netball pre-season tournament featuring teams from the Netball Superleague. The rules of the tournament are similar, though not identical, to the Fast5 Netball World Series. In 2017 Lou ...

ANZ Championship

Northern Mystics

Ahead of the 2019 ANZ Premiership season, Mikaere signed for

. She made 15 appearances for Mystics.

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

Since

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, Mikaere has played for

. On 1 June 2022, in a match against

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 ...

, Mikaere made her 100th senior league appearance.

Statistics

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New Zealand

On 13 January 2019, Mikaere made her senior debut for

against

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during the 2019 Netball Quad Series. She came on as a replacement for Jane Watson in the third quarter. Mikaere has also played for New Zealand A and Mixed Invitational teams in the Cadbury Netball Series. It would be another five years before she made her second senior appearance. On 6 October 2024, after being called up as a replacement for

, Mikaere played in the

2024 Taini Jamison Trophy Series The 2024 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, also known as the 2024 Cadbury Netball Series, was the 14th Taini Jamison Trophy series. It featured New Zealand playing England in three netball test matches, played in September and October 2024. After ...

. She was subsequently included in squads for both the 2024 Constellation Cup and the 2024 Fast5 Netball World Series.

Television

Mikaere has worked as television presenter for

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. Together with

Stacey Fluhler Stacey Jamie Aroha Kirsten Waaka (born 3 November 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player. She played fifteen-a-side and seven-a-side rugby union, and was a member of the New Zealand Women's Sevens team and New Zealand Wome ...

and

Liam Messam Liam Justin Messam (born 25 March 1984) is a retired New Zealand rugby union player who played in the TOP14 for RC Toulonnais. In Super Rugby, he previously played for the , and for Waikato in the ITM Cup. Messam predominantly plays as a bli ...

, she hosts ''Te Ao Toa'', a sports show with a

perspective.

Honours

; Sunshine Coast Lightning *

Suncorp Super Netball The Super Netball League (known predominantly by its sponsored name Suncorp Group, Suncorp Super Netball (SSN)) is a professional netball league in Netball in Australia, Australia. It superseded the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship, which also inc ...

**''Winners'':

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**''Runners Up'':

**''Minor Premierships'':

;

**''Winners'':

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References

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