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{{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]]
| Most games         = Sheree Haslemore (17)<br>Michelle Cox (17)
| Top scorer         = Sheree Haslemore (14)
| Most points        = Sheree Haslemore (30)
| Home Stadium       =
| IIHF code          = NZL
| IIHF Rank          = 29 {{decrease}}1
| IIHF max           = 25
| IIHF max date      = first in 2012
| IIHF min           = 30
| IIHF min date      = 2010
| Team_Colors        = {{color box|white}} {{color box|black}}
| Jerseys            =
| First game         = {{ihw|NZL}} 3–0 {{ihw-rt|ROU}}<br>([[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]; 1 April 2005)  
| Largest win        = {{ihw|NZL}} 19–0 {{ihw-rt|TUR}}<br>([[Miercurea Ciuc]], [[Romania]]; 29 March 2007)
| Largest loss       = {{ihw|AUS}} 12–1 {{ihw-rt|NZL}}<br>([[Jaca]], [[Spain]]; 3 March 2016)
| World champ2 name  = [[IIHF World Women's Championships]]
| World champ2 apps  = 6
| 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             = 17–21–4
}}
The '''New Zealand women's national ice hockey team''', nicknamed 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 one of many national team nicknames (indirectly) related to the All Blacks and/or the New Zealand 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 IIHF Women's World Championship|2011]] – Finished in 26th place (1st in Division IV, Promoted to Division III).
*[[2012 IIHF Women's World Championship|2012]] – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
*[[2013 IIHF Women's World Championship|2013]] – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division IIA)
*[[2014 IIHF Women's World Championship|2014]] – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division IIA)
*[[2015 IIHF Women's World Championship|2015]] – Finished in 26th place (6th in Division IIA, relegated to Division IIB)
*[[2016 IIHF Women's World Championship|2016]] – Finished in 31st place (5th in Division IIB)

==U18 Team==
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| Badge              = New Zealand ice hockey team Logo.png
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| Association        = [[New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation]]
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| Team_Colors        = {{color box|white}} {{color box|black}}
| First game         = {{ihw18|NZL}} 2–2 {{ihw18-rt|AUS}}<br> <small>([[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]; 6 December 2013)</small>
| Largest win        = {{ihw18|NZL}} 5–1 {{ihw18-rt|AUS}}<br> <small>([[Dunedin]], [[New Zealand]]; 9 December 2013)</small>
| Largest loss       = {{ihw18|AUS}} 8–1 {{ihw18-rt|NZL}}<br> <small>([[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]; 17 December 2014)</small>
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| Record             = 5–3–1
}}

The '''New Zealand women's national under-18 ice hockey team''' is the women's national under-18 [[ice hockey]] team of [[New Zealand]]. The team is controlled by [[New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation]], a member of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]].

==History==
The New Zealand women's national under-18 ice hockey played their first game on 6 December against the [[Women's Australian National Team|Australia women's national under-18 ice hockey team]] in [[Dunedin]], New Zealand, tying 2-2.<ref name="2013INTERNATIONALSERIES">{{cite web | url=http://www.nzicehockey.co.nz/nzu18w.html | title=2013 New Zealand Under 18's | publisher=New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation | date=2013-12-12 | accessdate=2014-12-25 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6V4g7a5Ra |archivedate=2014-04-25 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The game was part of a four-game series being held in Dunedin between the two teams.<ref name="2013INTERNATIONALSERIES"/> New Zealand went on to win the remaining three games of the series, which included their largest recorded international win of 5-1 in the final game.<ref name="2013INTERNATIONALSERIES"/> On 30 May 2014 and 1 June 2014 New Zealand played two games against the Auckland under-16 Representative team, losing both games 1-9 and 0-4 respectively.<ref name="2013INTERNATIONALSERIES"/> In December 2014 New Zealand travelled to Australia to compete in a five-game series against the Australia women's national under-18 ice hockey team at the [[Medibank Icehouse]] in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="2014INTERNATIONALSERIES">{{cite web | url=http://icehockeynewsaustralia.com/2014/12/18/australian-u18-women-win-the-international-series/ | title=Australia U18 Women win the International Series | publisher=Ice Hockey News Australia | date=2014-12-18 | accessdate=2014-04-25 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6V4h0lZvz |archivedate=2014-04-25 |deadurl=no}}</ref> The team lost the series two games to three and also recorded their largest international loss in game four, losing 1-8 to Australia.<ref name="2014INTERNATIONALSERIES"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nzicehockey.co.nz/ Official website]
*[http://www.iihf.com/sk/iihf-home/countries/new-zealand/ IIHF profile]

{{Women's national teams}}
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