The Southern Steel head coach has been appointed as a specialist coach for the Welsh Feathers at the Netball World Cup in South Africa in July.
She will join the Welsh national side at the end of the ANZ Premiership, arriving in Cardiff on June 15 to support new head coach Emily Handyside.
Bloxham is the second Kiwi coach to be assigned a supporting role with another country for the World Cup, under Netball New Zealand’s Ako coaching initiative.
New Zealand has five coaches involved in the World Cup — Silver Ferns coaches Dame Noeline Taurua and Deb Fuller, Fiji Pearl specialist coach Yvette McCausland and Taranaki Netball general manager Jaqua Pori-Makea-Simpson, who is Tonga’s head coach.
Bloxham described the opportunity to be involved with the team and its coaching group as "a privilege".
"Observing a World Cup from the outside would be great but to be involved in the preparation, the highs and lows of the World Cup itself and then the debrief process gives me a whole new level of learning and an understanding of what is required for international coaching," Bloxham said.
"I’m looking forward to the challenge of entering a new environment and being able to learn but also share my knowledge and coaching, particularly from a defensive perspective.
"Globally it’s an awesome initiative to grow us as coaches and work collaboratively to extend our skills and learn from new experiences and this has to be good for our game."
The initiative, helped by NNZ chief executive Jennie Wyllie, Wales Netball chief executive Vicki Sutton and Netball South chief executive Sonya Fleming, had a shared vision for two coaches from two countries building a strength-based campaign, optimising the performance of the Welsh Feathers at World Cup, while developing world-class capability of a Welsh and New Zealand coach.
NNZ national coaching manager Tania Karauria said it was a great opportunity for Bloxham.
"It’s fantastic for another ANZ Premiership coach to have this experience on the international stage," she said.
"We’re really grateful to be working with Netball South and Wales Netball to make it happen.
"I’m excited to see how our Kiwi flavour of netball will be infused into the global game."
Fleming said Bloxham deserved the opportunity and was excited to see the knowledge she would gain from the experience to bring home.
"As an organisation it is important to invest in our staff as we know the positive flow-on effect it has not only for our other netball coaches, but those from a variety of sporting codes.
"We all have a role to play in the future success of both sport and those guiding our athletes in the high performance arena."
