Paul Temple has been appointed as the head coach of the New Zealand Under-17 women's football team for the second time while Tony Readings has been reappointed as head coach of the Under-20 side as both team build towards World Cups in 2012.
Temple was head coach of the Young Football Ferns when New Zealand hosted the inaugural FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup in 2008 and then served as Readings' assistant in the Under-20 set-up for the 2010 campaign in Germany.
Temple says the experience across both camps will serve him well as he builds a new side for next year's under 17 World Cup in Azerbaijan.
Temple's first task will be assembling a pool of players - drawn largely from NZF's National Talent Centres - to work towards the OFC U-17 Women's Championship pencilled for early next year.
The road to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Uzbekistan, which also begins with Oceania qualifiers in early 2012 will be Readings' second campaign in the lead coaching role although he previously served a three year term as Under-20 assistant coach and is the current assistant to Football Ferns coach John Herdman.
