Waimarama Taumaunu's life By sophia2004 Oct 18, 1962 Waimarama Taumaunu was born Feb 2, 1967 Started school Mar 18, 1973 Waimarama was selected for the rep team Period: Feb 1, 1981 to Feb 1, 1991 Waimarama was in the silver ferns Mar 18, 1987 Won the netball world champs Period: Apr 9, 1988 to Dec 1, 1991 Was the silver ferns captian Mar 19, 1992 Taumaunu was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to netball. Mar 19, 1996 She was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 Period: Jun 14, 1998 to Feb 20, 2003 Waimarama was appointed as national performance directer for all England teams Period: Jun 14, 1998 to Feb 11, 2003 she was also the assistant coach for the England national team in their 2003 Netball World Championships campaign. Feb 1, 2007 In 2007, Taumaunu was the head coach of the Capital Shakers in the National Bank Cup. Mar 19, 2007 she was also inducted into the Māori Sports Hall of Fame May 1, 2008 she was accepted the position of assistant coach for the Silver Ferns, under head coach Ruth Aitken Oct 19, 2011 she took over as head coach for the Silver Ferns