| Hilda Peters | |
| Birth Date: | 1983 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height: | 163cm (64inches) |
| Weight: | 68kg (150lb) |
| Year1start: | 2018 |
| Year1end: | present |
| Appearances1: | 9 |
| Tries1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 4 |
| Teama: | New Zealand |
| Yearastart: | 2014 |
| Yearaend: | 19 |
| Appearancesa: | 8 |
| Triesa: | 3 |
| Goalsa: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 12 |
| Teamb: | Māori All Stars |
| Yearbstart: | 2019 |
| Appearancesb: | 1 |
| Triesb: | 0 |
| Goalsb: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
| Pointsb: | 0 |
| Source: | RLP |
| Updated: | 4 November 2020 |
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 er, she is a New Zealand representative.
Born 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]
On 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 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 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 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]
In 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]