'Api Taufa

New Zealand netball player January 2024 January 2024 New Zealand Netball player 'Api Taufa is a Tongan New Zealander netball player who has represented Tonga internationally. She plays for the Central Manawa. She is the sister of netballer Salote Taufa. Education Taufa was educated at Newlands College.https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/college-sport/10506514/Triplets-twins-sisters-tie-Newlands-team-together Triplets, twins, sisters tie Newlands team together Stuff Tim Barton 17 September 2014 16 August 2022 In 2016, she was part of the championship-winning Wellington under-19 tournament team.https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/82119868/wellington-surge-past-auckland-in-netball-nz-under19-championships-final Wellington surge past Auckland in Netball NZ under-19 championships final Stuff Phillip Rollo 14 July 2016 16 August 2022 She was then selected for the New Zealand under-19 netball team.https://www.collegesportmedia.co.nz/netball/secondary-school-players-make-u19-netball-tournament-team Secondary school players make U19 netball tournament team College Sport Media 14 July 2016 16 August 2022https://sports.newlands.school.nz/congratulations-api-taufa/ Congratulations Api Taufa Newlands College 18 July 2016 16 August 2022 In November 2016, she was selected as a trialist for the New Zealand Under-21 netball team.https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/sport/netball-nz-u21-triallists-named/7UXSICQYQMARYFII5XG2H2635A/ Netball: NZ U21 triallists named New Zealand Herald 7 November 2016 16 August 2022 Career In 2016, she was selected for the Central Manawa.https://www.netballcentral.co.nz/zones/central/news/taufa-sisters-back-in-sync-for-manawa.html Taufa sisters back in sync for Manawa Netball Central 13 April 2022 16 August 2022 In 2020, she ruptured her Achilles tendon. In February 2022, she was selected for the Central Manawa for the 2022 season.https://www.sporty.co.nz/netballwellington/newsarticle/111945?newsfeedId=1428003 Experience a key feature for Manawa 2022 NNL campaign Netball Wellington 9 February 2022 16 August 2022 Later that year, she was selected for the Tonga national netball team for the 2023 Netball World Cup Oceania qualifiers.https://matangitonga.to/2022/07/20/tonga-netball-tala-wins-first-game-oceania-qualifiers Tonga Netball Tala wins first game at Oceania Qualifiers Matangi Tonga 20 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220719223600/https://matangitonga.to/2022/07/20/tonga-netball-tala-wins-first-game-oceania-qualifiers 19 July 2022 References Category:Living people Category:New Zealand people of Tongan descent Category:Sportspeople of Tongan descent Category:New Zealand netball players Category:Tongan netball players Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:National Netball League (New Zealand) players Category:Central Manawa players Category:People educated at Newlands College