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Hilda Peters
Hilda Peters (born 9 August 1983) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership. Primarily a winger, she is a New Zealand representative. BackgroundBorn in Auckland, Peters began playing rugby league when she was 19.[1] Her younger sisters, Rona and Kahurangi, are also New Zealand Test representatives.[2] Peters, who is of Māori descent, has a moko kauae (a traditional Māori face tattoo) and is fluent in te reo.[3][4] Playing careerOn 9 November 2014, Peters made her debut for New Zealand in their 12–8 win over Australia, playing alongside her sisters Rona and Kahurangi.[5] In November 2017, she was a member of New Zealand's 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squad.[6] On 2 December 2017, she started at second-row in New Zealand's final loss to Australia.[7] On 31 July 2018, she was named in the inaugural New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership squad.[8] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting on the wing and scoring a try in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters. Her try was the first ever try scored in the NRL Women's Premiership.[9] On 15 February 2019, she started on the wing for the Māori All Stars in their 8–4 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[10] In September 2020, Hale was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia and 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed.[11] Political careerIn September 2022, Hilda Peters announced that she would be standing for a position for the Manurewa Local Board in the 2022 Auckland local board elections, as part of the Manurewa Action Team ticket.[12] Peters was unsuccessful, polling 3,425 votes and placing eighteenth in a field of twenty-nine candidates.[13] Peters contested the Māngere electorate during the 2023 New Zealand general election as a Te Pāti Māori candidate, and was also placed at 11 on Te Pāti Māori's party list.[14][15] She came fourth place in Mangare, with 934 votes.[16] References
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