Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate

Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
Personal information
Full nameTe Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate
Born (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991
DiedAuckland, New Zealand
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionHooker, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2021 Blues Women 1 0 0 0 0
2022–2023 Hurricanes Poua 7 2 0 0 10
Total 8 2 0 0 10
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–2021 New Zealand 34 3 0 0 15
Rugby league
PositionHooker, Lock
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Cook Islands ? 0 0 0 0
Medals
Women's rugby union
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Rugby World Cup
2017 Ireland Team competition

Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate (born 21 October 1991) is a New Zealand women's rugby player who has represented New Zealand in rugby union and the Cook Islands in rugby league.[1][2]

Personal life

Ngata-Aerengamate was born in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] She is a teacher and taught at Tangaroa College[4] and now teaches at Kaitaia College.[5] She teaches the Maori language and P.E. She is of Maori and Cook Island descent.[6]

Rugby career

Rugby Union

Ngata-Aerengamate debuted for New Zealand Black Ferns in 2014 against Australia. She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[7] She led the haka at the World Cup.[8] In 2022, Ngata-Aerengamate criticised New Zealand Rugby for alleged favouritism and that Maori and Moana Pasifika origin players were being marginalised with "body shaming" comments being made by coaches.[9] The coach accused stepped down from his role with the Black Ferns and New Zealand Rugby carried out a cultural review, apologising to Ngata-Aerengamate for what happened.[1]

Ngata-Aerengamate played for the Blues against the Chiefs in the first-ever women's Super Rugby match in New Zealand on 1 May 2021.[10][11] On 3 November 2021, she was named in the Blues squad for the inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki competition.[12][13] In June 2025, it was revealed that she had been appointed as the head coach of Hamotorangi's women's team in the East Coast Rugby Football Union.[14]

Rugby League

Ngata-Aerengamate played for the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup,[2] and in rugby league nines at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship, scoring a try against Canada.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Zealand Rugby apologises to Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate after culture review". BBC Sport. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Black Ferns star Toka Natua representing Cook Islands at Women's Rugby League World Cup". Stuff.nz. 17 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate Player Profile & Stats". Rugby Database. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Leilani Perese". www.tangaroa.school.nz. Tangaroa College. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate". allblacks.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ^ Rowan, Kate (24 August 2017). "'Leading the haka fires me up, it's like an adrenalin rush'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Black Ferns squad for 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup named". All Blacks. 5 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  8. ^ Farrell, Sean (1 August 2017). "'They're the wonder women of our culture': The haka and the second wind it gives the Black Ferns". The42. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Players report cultural insensitivity in NZ review". BBC Sport. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  10. ^ "nib BLUES WOMEN'S TEAM EXCITED FOR HISTORIC CLASH". Blues Rugby. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Women's Super Rugby Preview: Blues v Chiefs (2021)". allblacks.com. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  12. ^ "nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki 2022 Squad". Blues Rugby. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Exciting nib Blues Super Rugby Aupiki Squad Announced". Blues Rugby. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  14. ^ O'Brien Leaf, Ben. "Former Black Fern coaching East Coast women's rugby team". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Commonwealth Championship: Day 1 Results". QRL.com.au. 23 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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