Su'a says last year Hale was a New Zealand representative of the code after making the cut for the men's team to the World Cup Indoor Netball Tournament involving England, South Africa and Australia.
"It's pretty much a family affair and my wife and I started it," says Su'a, revealing they are trustees of the gym.
The 54-year-old, who is club captain and an over-40s player, says their other daughter, Kiriwera, coaches the premier team.
Asked what the secret to national glory was for the under-23s, Su'a says: "They started together as under-19s and progressed as under-21s.
"We were runners-up as national under-21s in 2014 so we were knocking on the door of a national title. The kids have now matured and grown together as a team to take it as under-23s."
Su'a says indoor netball is the domain of bigger cities, not smaller communities.
"We thought it'll be a good opportunity to see the players advance to the regional and national level because we've been playing at a mid-week social level," he says of the decision to enter the nationals which enticed 89 teams vying for honours in the U19, U23, U23 Development, under coach Bea Carter-Judd, over-30, over-40 age groups in the men, women and premier grades.
Su'a thanks all the whanau at the Hikoi 4 Life centres for their continued support, Hikoi 4 Life Hastings centre Leslie Hokianga and chairwoman Neila Thompson, of Hastings, saying they couldn't have done it without them.
Three Hastings men - Hokianga, Paul Taiti and Darryl Mohi - took a petition to Parliament to ask the then Associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia, and Minister of Whanau Ora Tururoa Flavell, for assistance to create a low-cost gym, Hikoi 4 Life. Hiko means a walk or journey.
"It only costs us $2 to come to our gym and for the elderly it's free," he says of the gym established in 2011 at a site next to the Western Rangers Soccer Club along Francis Hicks St, adjacent to St Leonard's Park, Hastings.
It includes an indoor netball court, set up in 2012, where they stage social matches. They now have about 50 social competitive teams as well as 14 school ones playing on Saturdays.
"We provide health and fitness for people and our elderly with subsidy from the Government."
It started off as a Maori Pacific Island initiative but Su'a says of the kaumatua (elderly) 90 per cent of them are Pakeha and Asian.
"It's open to any ethnic group," says Su'a.
Hokianga says Flavell is still involved and is the architect of the Moving Maori Nation Forward initiative.
The Hikoi 4 Life gym, which boasts 1500 members here, won the New Zealand Community Excellence Award in 2015.
