Margharet Matenga

Margharet Norma Matenga (née Kamana; born ) is a former Cook Islands netball player, coach and administrator. She played for both the New Zealand national netball team and Cook Islands national netball team and was the first Pacific Islander to play for the Silver Ferns. She is the daughter of Cook Islands MP Teanua Kamana.

Matenga was born in Rarotonga. After playing senior tennis as a teenager, she moved to Auckland, New Zealand in 1973 to pursue a professional tennis career. In 1974 she moved to Wellington, where she joined a local Pacific Islands Church netball team. In 1975 she trialed for the Silver Ferns and was selected for the 1975 World Netball Championships as a reserve. In 1978 she was selected for the team, becoming the first Pacific Islander to play for the Silver Ferns. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to netball, in the 1990 New Years honours.

She ran as a candidate for the Cook Islands United Party at the 2022 election, losing the seat of Titikaveka by just three votes.