Media are invited to the 386 Dame Noeline Taurua DNZM Police recruit wing graduation.
What: Graduation of the New Zealand Police 386 Recruit Wing.
Who: For families and friends to celebrate with the newly attested police officers.
Why: Completion and graduation from their initial training course.
Where: Te Rauparaha Arena, 17 Parumoana Street, Porirua.
When: Tomorrow, Thursday 31 July at 2pm - media will need to be in place by 1.45pm.
How: RSVP the Police Media Centre if you’re attending: media@police.govt.nz
Acting Deputy Commissioner Jill Rogers will be attending the ceremony, along with Minister of Police Hon Mark Mitchell and Her Worship Anita Baker, the Mayor of Porirua. Also attending will be members of the Police executive and Wing Patron Dame Noeline Taurua DNZM.
The 386 Wing Patron:
Dame Noeline Taurua (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua) is a highly respected and accomplished netball coach and leader in high-performance sport. She is also a netball champion who represented New Zealand in the Silver Ferns.
She became the Silver Ferns coach in 2018 and led the team to become world champions at the 2019 Netball World Cup. Success continued, with Noeline guiding the team to a bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In 2024, the Silver Ferns claimed the Constellation Cup from their Australian rivals.
Her success spans both sides of the Tasman. She has coached Queensland’s Sunshine Coast Lightning team, the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic team; and the Southern Steel team.
Some of her recent awards acknowledging her coaching prowess have included Queensland Sport Coach of the Year (2018), Tai Tokerau Māori Sports Awards Coach of the Year (2018), Aotearoa Māori Sports Awards Coach of the Year (2019), Aotearoa Māori Sports Awards Supreme Award (2019), Halberg Coach of the Year (2020) and Halberg Leadership Award (2020).
As a netball player, Noeline was a goal attack for the Silver Ferns from 1993 to 1999, earning a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 1995 Netball World Championships. Although a knee injury ended her 34-test playing career, her passion for the sport led to her illustrious coaching journey that has now spanned over 30 years.
In the 2020 New Year Honours, Noeline was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to netball. She has also received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, for her leadership, commitment and innovation in high-performance sport.
Noeline currently serves on the High-Performance Sport New Zealand Board. She takes great pride in being a mother of five children and a grandmother to four.
More details about statistics, prize winners and other recruits will be shared after graduation on Thursday and a follow up Ten One story will be published later next month.
ENDS
Issued by Police Media Team
