Christine Pietzner was a New Zealand netball player who played for her country on 21 occasions.

Her brother was Wayne Cottrell, a rugby union player who played for the All Blacks.

Her son, Jason, also became a rugby union player, playing over 300 times for the team in Lincoln, New Zealand.

She was selected to play for the Silver Ferns, the New Zealand national netball team, in 1974 and made her debut on 15 October 1974 against Singapore, en route to a tour of England, where New Zealand were unbeaten.

She was also in the team for the 1979 Netball World Championships, which were held in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago, with New Zealand, Australia and the hosts finishing in a three-way tie.