After a year of uncertainty, disappointment, mourning and what felt like defeat, former Black Ferns captain Les Elder is looking forward to sunny days ahead.
At 32 weeks pregnant, Les is cleaning up after daughter Mihiterena’s third birthday party when Woman’s Day visits her Mount Maunganui home. “Would you like some cake? I made it myself, which is probably why no one has eaten it,” she laughs.
The past year has been tough for Les, 36, and her husband Johnny, 40. But you wouldn’t know it from their joyful energy. Les says it’s thanks to the hard times that they’ve realised they have a lot to be
