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{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox national hockey team
| Name               = New Zealand
| Badge              = New Zealand ice hockey team Logo.png
| Badge_size         = 120px
| Nickname           = ''Ice Fernz ''
| Association        = [[New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation]]
| General Manager    = Rebecca Dobson
| Coach              = Brooke Patron
| Asst Coach         = Brittany Carroll<br>Megan Herlihey<br> A.J Spiller
| Captain            = Jaime Jones
| Most games         = [[Anjali Mulari]] (48)
| Top scorer         = Anjali Mulari (32)
| Most points        = Anjali Mulari (75)
| IIHF code          = NZL
| IIHF Rank          = {{IIHF Women's World Ranking|NZL}}
| IIHF max           = 25
| IIHF max date      = first in 2012
| IIHF min           = 35
| IIHF min date      = 2022
| Team_Colors        = {{Color box|black}} {{Color box|white}}
| Jerseys            = [[File:Ice Blacks Home Jersey 2018.gif|115px]][[File:Ice Blacks Away Jersey 2018.gif|115px]]
| First game         = {{ihw-rt|AUS}} 2–1 {{ihw|NZL}}<br>([[Canterbury, New Zealand]]; 5 November 2000)
| Largest win        = {{ihw-rt|NZL}} 19–0 {{ihw|TUR}}<br>([[Miercurea-Ciuc]], Romania; 29 March 2007)
| Largest loss       = {{ihw-rt|AUS}} 15–0 {{ihw|NZL}}<br>([[Christchurch]], New Zealand; 13 December 2001)
| World champ2 name  = [[IIHF World Women's Championships|World Championships]]
| World champ2 apps  = 15
| World champ2 first = [[2005 IIHF Women's World Championship|2005]]
| World champ2 best  = 24th ([[2012 IIHF Women's World Championship|2012]], [[2013 IIHF Women's World Championship|2013]])
| Record             = 33–45–1
}}
The '''New Zealand women's national ice hockey team''', [[nickname]]d the '''Ice Fernz''', represents [[New Zealand]] at the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]]'s [[IIHF World Women's Championships]]. The women's national team is controlled by [[New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation]]. As of 2011, New Zealand has 110 female players.<ref>IIHF, http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/new-zealand.html</ref> The New Zealand women's national team is ranked 25th in the world. The ''Ice Fernz'' name is [[New Zealand national team nomenclature based on the "All Blacks"|one of many]] national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the [[All Blacks]] and/or the New Zealand [[Cyathea dealbata|silver tree fern]].
==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
New Zealand hockey team has never qualified for an [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic tournament]].
===World Championship===
{{main|IIHF World Women's Championships}}
The New Zealand women team participates in the world championship since 2005. At its first three participations of world championship, the New Zealanders finished every time the second or the third place of the division IV.
*[[2005 IIHF Women's World Championship|2005]] – Finished in 29th place (2nd in Division IV)
*[[2007 IIHF Women's World Championship|2007]] – Finished in 29th place (3rd in Division IV)
*[[2008 IIHF Women's World Championship|2008]] – Finished in 28th place (2nd in Division IV)
*[[2009 IIHF Women's World Championship|2009]] – Division IV cancelled<ref>2009 Women's Division III, IV and V all Cancelled, http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showthread.php?t=7423</ref>
*[[2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships – Division IV|2011]] – Finished in 26th place (1st in Division IV, Promoted to Division III).
*[[2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2012]] – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
*[[2013 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2013]] – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
*[[2014 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2014]] – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division IIA)
*[[2015 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2015]] – Finished in 26th place (6th in Division IIA, relegated to Division IIB)
*[[2016 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2016]] – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)
*[[2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2017]] – Finished in 28th place (3rd in Division IIB)
*[[2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2018]] – Finished in 31st place (4th in Division IIB)
*[[2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2019]] – Finished in 30th place (2nd in Division IIB)
*[[2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2020]] – Finished in 31st place (3rd in Division IIB)
*[[2021 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2021]] – Cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/23178/iihf-council-announces-more-cancellations|access-date=18 November 2020|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation}}</ref>
*[[2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2022]] – Withdrawn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/31194/new_zealand_women_won_t_travel|title=New Zealand women won’t travel|date=17 December 2021|publisher=IIHF.com|accessdate=17 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2023]] – Finished in 30th place (3rd in Division IIB)
*[[2024 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II|2024]] – Finished in 32nd place (4th in Division IIB)
==Team==
Roster for the [[2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II#Group B tournament|2023 IIHF Women's World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2023 World Championships Division 2B Team New Zealand. (Women)|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2023/wwiib/teams/roster/36864/new_zealand|access-date=26 February 2023|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]}}</ref>
Head coach: {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Geoffroy Boehme (ice hockey)|Geoffroy Boehme]]
{| width="100%" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
! style="width:  4%;" | No.
! style="width:  4%;" | Pos.
! style="width: 15%;" | Name
! style="width: 13%;" | Height
! style="width: 11%;" | Weight
! style="width: 12%;" | Birthdate
! style="width: 17%;" | Birthplace
! style="width: 24%;" | Current team
|-
| 1 || G || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Lochlyn|Hyde|dab=ice hockey}}|| {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|143|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1997|9|11}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel (Ice Hockey)|Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 2 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Gabrielle|Mills|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|139|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2002|9|13}} || [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]] || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wakatipu Wild (Ice Hockey)|Wakatipu Wild]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 4 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Hannah|Cross|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|128|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2001|12|6}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]]  <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 5 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Brooke|Whitman|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|150|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2002|11|5}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Canterbury Inferno]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 6 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Helen|Murray|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|154|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1990|9|3}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 7 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Anjali|Mulari}} || {{convert|5|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|119|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1993|8|20}} || [[Christchurch]] || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 8 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Abbey|Heale|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|139|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2001|3|30}} ||  || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 9 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Jamie|Jones|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|161|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1998|09|26}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 10 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Ashley|Richmond|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|165|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1994|6|23}} || [[Calgary, Alberta|Calgary, Alberta, Canada]] || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 12 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Eliza|Thompson|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|121|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|6}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 13 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Rikki-Lee|McLean|dab=ice hockey}}|| {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|165|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1994|10|3}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 14 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Rina|Watt|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|170|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2000|10|18}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 15 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Samantha|Hayward|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|143|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2002|11|17}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 16 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Caitlin|Orr|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|126|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1997|12|1}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 17 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Krystie|Woodyear-Smith|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|159|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1994|11|27}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Canterbury Inferno]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 18 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Rebecca|Lilly|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|159|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1998|10|14}} || [[Gore, New Zealand|Gore]] || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Lakers Karnten]] <small>([[EWHL]])</small>
|-
| 19 || D || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Isabella|Vogel|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|139|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1995|2|23}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Auckland Steel]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 21 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Hannah|Shields|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|196|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1996|8|31}} || [[Paeroa]] || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Canterbury Inferno]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 22 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Emma|Kloss|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|132|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2000|10|10}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Canterbury Inferno]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 24 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Caitlin|Heale|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|143|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|1997|12|12}} || [[Taranaki, New Zealand|Taranaki]] ||style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Dunedin Thunder Women]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|-
| 25 || F || style="text-align:left;" | {{sortname|Lilly|Forbes|dab=ice hockey}} || {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} || {{convert|150|lb|kg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} || style="text-align:right;" | {{dts|format=dmy|2003|6|22}} || || style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Canterbury Inferno]] <small>([[NZWIHL]])</small>
|}<noinclude>
==All-time record against other nations==
''As of 3 April 2019''<ref name="NZWOR">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/New-Zealand-Women-Official-Results.pdf|title=New-Zealand-Women-Official-Results.pdf|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey|date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width:180px;"| Opponent
! style="width:50px;"| Played
! style="width:50px;"| Won
! style="width:50px;"| Drawn
! style="width:50px;"| Lost
! style="width:50px;"| Win %
! style="width:50px;"| For
! style="width:50px;"| Aga
! style="width:50px;"| Diff
|-
|{{ih|AUS}} || 11 || 1 || 0 || 10 || 9.09% || 12 || 84 || −72
|-
|{{ih|TPE}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 2 || 8 || −6
|-
|{{ih|CRO}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 33.33% || 9 || 9 || 0
|-
|{{ih|EST}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 13 || 1 || +12
|-
|{{ih|GBR}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 1 || 10 || −9
|-
|{{ih|HUN}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 3 || 11 || −8
|-
|{{ih|ISL}} || 8 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 37.50% || 19 || 36 || −17
|-
|{{ih|ITA}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 2 || 11 || −9
|-
|{{ih|KAZ}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 0 || 10 || −10
|-
|{{ih|MEX}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 2 || 6 || −4
|-
|{{ih|PRK}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 1 || 7 || −6
|-
|{{ih|POL}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 7 || 8 || −1
|-
|{{ih|ROU}} || 6 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 83.33% || 36 || 15 || +21
|-
|{{ih|SLO}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 9 || 6 || +3
|-
|{{ih|RSA}} || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 16 || 3 || +13
|-
|{{ih|KOR}} || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 25.00% || 6 || 11 || −5
|-
|{{ih|ESP}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0.00% || 5 || 22 || −17
|-
|{{ih|TUR}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 100.00% || 58 || 11 || +47
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total !! 62 !! 23 !! 1 !! 38 !! 37.10% !! 201 !! 269 !! -68
|}
==All-time record against other clubs==
''As of 3 April 2019''<ref name="NZWUR">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/New-Zealand-Women-Unofficial-Results.pdf|title=New-Zealand-Women-Unofficial-Results.pdf|publisher=National Teams of Ice Hockey|date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width:180px;"| Opponent
! style="width:50px;"| Played
! style="width:50px;"| Won
! style="width:50px;"| Drawn
! style="width:50px;"| Lost
! style="width:50px;"| Win %
! style="width:50px;"| For
! style="width:50px;"| Aga
! style="width:50px;"| Diff
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[New South Wales Ice Hockey Association|New South Wales]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 1 || 2 || −1
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Canada Moose || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 66.67% || 18 || 7 || +11
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Norrtälje]] || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 0 || 28 || −28
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Leaside Wildcats Bantam B || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 3 || 6 || −3
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} Leaside Wildcats Midget AA || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0.00% || 0 || 1 || −1
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Durham West Lightning Senior A || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 4 || 6 || −2
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} Brampton Canadettes Senior A || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 1 || 10 || −9
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|AUT}} EHV Sabers || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0.00% || 14 || 4 || −10
|- class="sortbottom"
! Total !! 14 !! 2 !! 1 !! 11 !! 14.29% !! 31 !! 74 !! -43
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*[https://www.iihf.com/en/associations/1354/new-zealand IIHF profile]
{{Women's national ice hockey teams}}
{{National sports teams of New Zealand}}
{{Ice hockey in New Zealand}}
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