Career
She is the current captain of the New Zealand national netball team, the Silver Ferns, and plays for the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic in the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship. In 2008 she co-captained the team with Laura Langman, stepping into the role of acting captain later that year following an injury to Julie Seymour. In July 2009, Kopua became the 23rd captain of the Silver Ferns, taking over from Seymour who retired from the game.
In domestic netball, Kopua has played with the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic since 2003.
During the 2008 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Championship season, she was named the Holden Captiva player of the championship, winning a new car. In December 2012, Kopua married Hamilton lawyer Terry Kopua.
On 11 October 2014, Kopua became the most capped New Zealand netball captain in history, playing her 63rd test as captain of the team in the 3rd test of the Constellation Cup against Australia in Sydney"s Allphones Arena. In the fourth quarter of that match, Kopua suffered a suspected dislocated patella (knee injury).
Scans later revealed that Kopua also ruptured her patella tendon.
Three days later Kopua underwent surgery to repair her patella tendon.
