Waimarama Taumaunu, MBE

Order of the British Empire

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, (born 18 October 1962) is a New Zealand netball

Netball

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 coach and former international netball player.

Taumaunu was born in Waipawa

Waipawa

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, New Zealand

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. She was a member of New Zealand's national netball team, the Silver Ferns

Silver Ferns

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, from 1981 to 1991. During that time, she played in the team that won the 1987 Netball World Championships

1987 Netball World Championships

The 1987 World Netball Championships was the seventh staging of the World Netball Championships, the premier tournament in international netball, held every four years. The 1987 tournament was held in Glasgow, Scotland and was contested by 17 teams....

, and was also captain of the team in the last three years of her international career.

In 1998 Taumaunu was appointed as national performance director for All England Netball, and remained in that role until 2003. During that time she was also the assistant coach for the England national team

England national netball team

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 in their 2003 Netball World Championships

2003 Netball World Championships

The 2003 World Netball Championships were held in Kingston, Jamaica between 10 July and 20 July. It was the eleventh World Netball Championships. After 100 matches, the New Zealand national team, the Silver Ferns, won the tournament, defeating Australia to win the World Championship for the first...

 campaign. In 2007, Taumaunu was the head coach of the Capital Shakers

Capital Shakers

The Capital Shakers were a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that competed in now defunct National Bank Cup competition. The Shakers franchise merged with the Western Flyers to form the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship-2007 Shakers Squad:...

 in the National Bank Cup

National Bank Cup

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Taumaunu was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame

New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame

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 in 1996. Of Ngāti Porou

Ngati Porou

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 descent, she was also inducted into the Māori Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. In May 2008, Taumaunu accepted the position of assistant coach for the Silver Ferns, under head coach Ruth Aitken

Ruth Aitken

Ruth Ellina Aitken, ONZM is a New Zealand former international-level netball player and former head coach of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns...

and in October 2011, took over as head coach for the Silver Ferns.