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| Born | (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (age 31) New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Westlake Girls High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Temalisi Fakahokotau (born 9 September 1994) is a former New Zealand netball player ofTongan descent. She first played for the national team in 2014.
Fakahokotau was born in New Zealand of Tongan parents on 9 September 1994. She is one of nine siblings, and has seven brothers and one sister. She attendedWestlake Girls High School inAuckland, where she was Sportswoman of the Year in 2012. She was named in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Squad and represented the Northern Zone in Under-23 competition. In 2014 she joined theNorthern Mystics team to compete in theANZ Premiership. She made herNew Zealand debut in the2014 Constellation Cup againstAustralia.[1][2][3]
In 2017 she joined theMainland Tactix, a team based inChristchurch on New Zealand'sSouth Island. In 2018 she was the Team Player of the Year for the Tactix and led the ANZ Premiership in all defensive statistics, but in September of that year she suffered ananterior cruciate ligament injury, which meant that she was unable to play for New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. She joinedWaikato Bay of Plenty Magic in 2020, wishing to return to the north to be near her family. At the end of 2021 she signed for theCentral Pulse team, but not long after stepped down from the Pulse for the 2022 season, highlighting family priorities.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Fakahokotau made a surprise move by joining theSaracens Mavericks for the remainder of the United Kingdom's2022 Netball Superleague season.[10]