Te Huinga Reo Selby-Rickit is a former New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

teams that won the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and

2013 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2013 Fast5 Netball World Series was the 5th Fast5 Netball World Series. New Zealand hosted Australia, England, Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after C ...

'. During the

National Bank Cup The National Bank Cup, originally known as the Coca-Cola Cup, was the top level national Netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball league between 1998 in New Zealand, 1998 and 2007 in New Zealand, 2007. The league was organised by Netball Ne ...

era, she played for Western Flyers and

Southern Sting Southern Sting are a former New Zealand netball team that were based in Invercargill. Between 1998 and 2007, Sting played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. They were the league's most successful team. They played in all ten grand ...

. During the

ANZ Championship The ANZ Championship, also known as the Trans-Tasman Netball League, is a former netball league featuring teams from both Australia and New Zealand. Between 2008 and 2016, it was the top-level league in both countries. The competition was owned ...

era she played for

Southern Steel Southern Steel may refer to: * Southern Steel (netball) Southern Steel are a netball in New Zealand, New Zealand netball team based in Invercargill. Between 2008 ANZ Championship season, 2008 and 2016 ANZ Championship season, 2016, they played ...

and

Central Pulse Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Championship. Since 2017 they have represented Netball Central in the ANZ Premiership. Netball Central is the governing body that ...

. During the

ANZ Premiership The ANZ Premiership is the top level netball league featuring teams from New Zealand. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from Australia, as the top level netball league in New Zealand. It is organised by Netbal ...

era, she has played for Steel. She was a member of three premiership winning teams – the 2007 Southern Sting team and the

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

and 2018 Southern Steel teams. She was also a member of the Steel team that won the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. In 2022, she was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in

netball leagues in New Zealand Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

since 1998. Her younger sister,

Te Paea Selby-Rickit Te Paea Selby-Rickit (born 14 January 1992) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup. She has also represented New Zealand at the 2018 and the 2022 Commonwealth Games ...

, is also a New Zealand netball international. Her father, Hud Rickit, is a former New Zealand rugby union international.

Early life, family and education

Selby-Rickit is a

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

with

Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Raukawa is a Māori iwi (tribe) with traditional bases in the Waikato, Taupō and Manawatū/ Horowhenua regions of New Zealand. In 2006, 29,418 Māori registered their affiliation with Ngāti Raukawa. History Early history Ngāti ...

Ngāti Tūwharetoa Ngāti Tūwharetoa is an iwi descended from Ngātoro-i-rangi, the priest who navigated the Arawa canoe to New Zealand. The Tūwharetoa region extends from Te Awa o te Atua ( Tarawera River) at Matatā across the central plateau of the North ...

and

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. It has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi, behind Ngāpuhi, with an estimated 102,480 people according to the ...

affiliations. She was born in

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

and raised in Ōtaki. She is the daughter of Mereana Selby and Hud Rickit. Her mother is the CEO at

Te Wānanga o Raukawa is a Māori wānanga (indigenous tertiary-education provider) in New Zealand, established in 1981. Based in Ōtaki, with smaller campuses in Auckland and Gisborne, the wānanga was born out of a collaborative tribal desire or experiment known ...

. Her father is a former New Zealand rugby union international. She has four siblings. Her younger sister,

, is also a New Zealand netball international. They were teammates at

. A third sister, Miriama, also played netball at National Provincial Championship level. Her brothers,

Manaaki Selby-Rickit Manaaki Selby-Rickit is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for the Bay of Plenty Steamers in the National Provincial Championship competition. He is the son of former All Black, Hud Rickit. Personal life Selby-Rickit is a New Zealande ...

and Ngarongo Selby-Rickit, are both rugby union players. The five siblings were all educated at

kura kaupapa Kura may refer to: Places * Kura, Iran (disambiguation) * Kura Island, Azerbaijan * Kura, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Kano State * Kura (South Caucasus river), a river in Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbaijan * Kura (Russia), a river in Ru ...

and were raised speaking te reo Māori. At 16, Te Huinga moved to

Invercargill Invercargill ( , ) is the southernmost and westernmost list of cities in New Zealand, city in New Zealand, and one of the Southernmost settlements, southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland Region, Southlan ...

to attend

Verdon College Verdon College is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 7 to 13 (ages 11–18). The College is named after Michael Verdon, Bishop Michael Verdon (1838–1918) who was the second Cat ...

and play for

Robyn Broughton Robyn Denise Broughton (née Quirke; 10 July 1943 – 6 September 2023) was a New Zealand netball coach. Broughton coached the Southern Sting from 1998 to 2007 during the National Bank Cup, winning seven titles in ten years. She was also an as ...

was both her teacher and netball coach at Verdon and her head coach at Sting. While playing at Verdon, she featured in the 2006 and 2007 netball national secondary schools finals.

Playing career

Western Flyers

Selby-Rickit made her senior debut with Western Flyers, aged just 15, during the 2005

season.

Southern Sting

Between

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, Selby-Rickit played for

in the

league. During her time with Sting, as well as being coached by

, Selby-Rickit played alongside Donna Wilkins and

Adine Wilson Adine Rachel Wilson (née Harper; born 8 June 1979) is a former New Zealand netball international and current commentator. Between 1999 and 2007, Wilson made 79 senior appearances for New Zealand. She represented New Zealand at the 1999 and t ...

Southern Steel (2008–2011)

Between

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

, Selby-Rickit made 40 senior appearances for

in the

. She was a member of the inaugural Southern Steel squad. During this era, Steel were coached by Selby-Rickit's mentor,

. For the 2011 season, she was joined in the Steel team by her younger sister,

Central Pulse

Between

and

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, Selby-Rickit played for

in the

. She followed

from Steel to Pulse. Selby-Rickit was playing for Pulse when she was first called up for the senior

team and went onto made her senior debut.

Southern Steel

Since

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, Selby-Rickit has played for

, initially in the

and later in the

. Together with her sister,

, she was a member of the Steel teams that won the

and 2018 ANZ Premierships and the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club tournament. In

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

and

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, alongside Gina Crampton, Selby-Rickit served as Steel co-captain. During the 2019 season, Selby-Rickit made her 150th senior league appearance and her 100th appearance for Steel. In April 2022, Selby-Rickit was included on a list of the 25 best players to feature in

since 1998. Ahead of the

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

season, Selby-Rickit was again named Steel captain. On 11 March 2023, during a

Round 2 Round 2 may refer to: * ''Round 2'' (J. Holiday album), 2009 * ''Round 2'' (The Stylistics album), 1972 * Round 2 (company), a toy company based in Indiana, United States {{disambiguation ...

match against

, Selby-Rickit made her 200th senior league appearance. After

Leana de Bruin Leana de Bruin (née du Plooy) (born 9 July 1977) is a South African and New Zealand international netball player. De Bruin played 34 tests for South Africa before moving to New Zealand in 2000. She made her on-court debut for the Silver Ferns i ...

Laura Langman Laura Robyn Langman (born 16 April 1986) is a retired New Zealand international netball player, who last played domestic netball for the Sunshine Coast Lightning in the Australian Super Netball league. Primarily a midcourt player, Langman is ...

Liana Leota Liana Leota (née Barrett-Chase; born 31 October 1984) is a New Zealand netball player. She is a member of the national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for Severn Stars in the British Netball Superleague. Leota was a member of the Sou ...

and

Katrina Rore Katrina Rore (née Grant; born 6 May 1987 in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand international netball player. Rore is a previous captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Central Pulse i ...

, she became just the fifth New Zealand netball player to reach this milestone. She was the first one to reach it exclusively with New Zealand franchises.

Manchester Thunder

In 2018, while travelling around

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

, Selby-Rickit guested for

Manchester Thunder Manchester Thunder are an English netball team based in Manchester. Their senior team plays in the Netball Super League. In 2005–06, Thunder were founding members of the league. They were Super League champions in 2012, 2014, 2019 and 2022 ...

in the

British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship The British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship is a Fast5 netball pre-season tournament featuring teams from the Netball Superleague. The rules of the tournament are similar, though not identical, to the Fast5 Netball World Series. In 2017 Lou ...

. Her former

team-mate,

, who was then playing for Thunder, got her involved as an import after seeing Selby-Rickit was in Europe.

New Zealand

In 2004, aged 15, Selby-Rickit was included in the

under-21 squad. She was subsequently a member of the under-21 team that won the 2005 World Youth Netball Championships. She was selected for the New Zealand team that played at the

2010 World Netball Series The 2010 World Netball Series was the 2nd World Netball Series. England hosted Australia, Jamaica, Malawi, New Zealand and South Africa in a series, played in November 2010, at Liverpool's Echo Arena. South Africa made their series debut in this ...

. She was a member of the New Zealand team that won the

2012 Fast5 Netball World Series The 2012 Fast5 Netball World Series was the 4th Fast5 Netball World Series. New Zealand hosted Australia, England, Jamaica, Malawi and South Africa in a series, played in November 2012, at Auckland's Vector Arena. With a team coached by Waimarama ...

. In 2013 Selby-Rickit, made two appearances for the senior New Zealand team. She was called up for the

2013 Constellation Cup The 2013 Constellation Cup was the 4th Constellation Cup series played between Australia and New Zealand. The series, also known as the New World Netball Series, featured five netball test matches, played in September and October 2013. The Aus ...

, but was dropped from the squad when

Waimarama Taumaunu Waimarama Taumaunu (born 18 October 1962), often known as Wai Taumaunu, is a New Zealand netball coach and former international netball player. Biography Taumaunu was born in Waipawa, New Zealand. She was a member of New Zealand's national ne ...

opted to include more midcourters. However she was then recalled as a replacement for the injured

. On 24 October 2013, Selby-Rickit eventually made her senior debut against

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

, in a 70–32 win during the opening test of the

2013 Taini Jamison Trophy Series The 2013 Taini Jamison Trophy Series, also referred to as the New World Series, was the fifth Taini Jamison Trophy series. It featured New Zealand playing Malawi in a series of three netball test matches, played in October 2013. New Zealand w ...

. She made her second appearance during the third test of the same series. In 2016 when

was also called up for New Zealand, the Selby-Rickit sisters became only the second set of sisters, after Maxine Blomquist and Annette Heffernan, to play for New Zealand.

Statistics

ANZ Premiership

, - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

, style="text-align:center;",

Steel Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to steel's high Young's modulus, elastic modulus, Yield (engineering), yield strength, Fracture, fracture strength a ...

, 0/0, , ?, , 20, , 33, , ?, , 23, , 33, , 124, , 7, , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, style="text-align:center;",

, 0/0, , ?, , 22, , 62, , ?, , 24, , 63, , 178, , 13, , 17 , - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

, style="text-align:center;",

, 0/0, , 0, , 37, , 22, , 0, , 32, , 39, , 113, , 8, , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

, style="text-align:center;",

, 0/0, , 1, , 18, , 42, , 2, , 13, , 31, , 106, , 6, , 14 , - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

, style="text-align:center;",

, 0/0, , ?, , 10, , 59, , 0, , 11, , 32, , 145, , 5, , 16 , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

, style="text-align:center;",

, 0/0, , 0, , 7, , 12, , 0, , 10, , 46, , 88, , 6, , 13 , - style="background-color: #eaeaea" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

, style="text-align:center;",

, 0/0, , ?, , 3, , 41, , 1, , 8, , 26, , 108, , 10, , 14 , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=2, Career ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ;Notes * Selby-Rickit made 8

appearances with Western Flyers and

and 99

appearances with

and

Basketball

In October 2022, Selby-Rickit played for Southland Storm in the Schick Cup, a

3x3 basketball 3x3 basketball (stylized as ''ƐX3'', pronounced ''three-ex-three'') is a Variations of basketball, variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one Backboard (basketball), backboard and in a basketball court, half-court setup. This basketba ...

tournament played at the

ILT Stadium Southland ILT Stadium Southland, also called Southland Arena, is an indoor arena and multi-purpose venue located in Surrey Park, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand. It was originally the home venue of the Southern Sting netball team. It currently ser ...

. She has also played in Southland Basketball leagues.

Coaching career

At the start of the 2024 ANZ Premiership season, Selby-Rickit was appointed assistant coach of

Mainland Tactix Mainland Tactix are a New Zealand netball team based in Christchurch, Canterbury. Between 1998 and 2007, as Canterbury Flames, they played in the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup league. Between 2008 and 2016, they played in the ANZ Champions ...

alongside Marianne Delaney-Hoshek.

Honours

;

Taini Jamison Trophy The Taini Jamison Trophy series is an international netball series hosted by Netball New Zealand. The series traditionally features New Zealand national netball team, New Zealand playing a series of Test match (netball), test matches against a ...

**''Winners'': 2013 *

Fast5 Netball World Series The Fast5 Netball World Series is an annual international Fast5 netball competition. The competition, which began in October 2009, features modified Fast5 rules, and has been likened to Twenty20 cricket and rugby sevens. The competition is co ...

**''Winners'':

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

World Youth Netball Championships Previously known as the World Youth Netball Championships, the Netball World Youth Cup (since 2017) is the world championship of netball for national U21 teams, with all players being aged 21 years or younger. As part of the Australian Bicentenar ...

**''Winners'': 2005 ;

**''Winners'':

**''Minor premiers'':

* Netball New Zealand Super Club **''Winners'':

;

**''Winners'':

**''Runners Up'':

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selby-Rickit, Te Huinga Reo 1989 births Living people New Zealand netball players New Zealand netball coaches New Zealand international Fast5 players New Zealand international netball players New Zealand Māori netball players ANZ Championship players ANZ Premiership players Central Pulse players Southern Steel players Southern Sting players Western Flyers players Manchester Thunder players New Zealand expatriate netball people in England Te Huinga Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand Sportspeople from Ōtaki, New Zealand Sportspeople from the Kāpiti Coast District People educated at Verdon College Ngāti Raukawa people Ngāti Tūwharetoa people Ngāti Porou people New Zealand women's basketball players 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen