Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate
Te Kura Rongo Ngata-Aerengamate is a New Zealand rugby footballer who has represented New Zealand in rugby union and the Cook Islands in rugby league.
She debuted for the Black Ferns in 2014 against Australia. She was named in the Black Ferns squad for the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. She led the haka at the World Cup.
Ngata-Aerengamate teaches at Tangaroa College. She teaches the Maori language and P.E. She is of Maori and Cook Island descent.
She played for the Cook Islands at the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, and in rugby league nines at the 2018 Rugby League Commonwealth Championship, scoring a try against Canada.
