She played four international matches for the New Zealand team at the 1963 World Netball Championships, where they finished second to Australia.
[4] In 1963, she was photographed by Ans Westra for a book by Gregory Riethmaier, titled Rebecca and the Maoris, in which she is seen going about her daily life in the Māori community.
She made her debut in the first-round match against Northern Ireland, becoming the 31st player to be selected for the team.
In 1968, she met her husband, David Chaplow, who was a doctor, in Whakatāne,[4] and the couple went on to have four children, including artist Arohanoa Mathews.
[4][3] In the 1980s, she worked at a psychiatric hospital in Australia before returning to New Zealand to work at the Mason Clinic, a secure psychiatric hospital in Auckland, and later for the Waikato District Health Board Māori mental health services.