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. The team entered their first World Women's U18 Championship tournaments in 2020.
New Zealand played their first game on 6 December 2013 against Australia in Dunedin, tying 2âÂÂ2. The game was part of a four-game series being held in Dunedin between two teams. New Zealand went on to win the remaining three games of the series, which included their largest recorded international win of 5âÂÂ1 in the final game. On 30 May and 1 June 2014, New Zealand played two games against the Auckland under-16 representative team, losing both games 9âÂÂ1 and 4âÂÂ0 respectively. In December 2014, New Zealand travelled to Australia to compete in a five-game series against Australia at the Medibank Icehouse in Melbourne. The team lost the series two games to three and also recorded their largest international loss in game four, losing 8âÂÂ1 to Australia.
In March 2017, New Zealand participated in the 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia. This was New Zealand's first time sending a team to this tournament. The team was undefeated throughout the tournament and gained their biggest win so far 16âÂÂ1 against the United Arab Emirates. The team was also by far the youngest to compete, with an average age of 16. They defeated the women's (senior) national teams of Asia including Thailand, Singapore, India, Philippines, Malaysia, and the United Arab Emirates.
<small>From the 2014 International Series with Australia</small>
<small>From the 2014 International Series with Australia</small>
<small>From the 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia </small>
<small>From the 2017 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia </small>