Silver Ferns star Maria Tutaia and her new husband Israel Folau have been spotted out together in Auckland for the first time since tying the knot in a private wedding in Australia.
Fresh from honeymooning in the Maldives, the couple were seen lunching at popular inner-city café Major Sprout today. The pair returned from the luxury island on Friday.
Tutaia and Folau, an Australian rugby international, married two weeks ago in a small, intimate ceremony in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales. The athletically gifted pair, who announced their engagement in October last year, managed to keep their nuptials a secret.
Tutaia, 30, recently responded to a fan speculating about whether any future children of the couple would represent Australia or New Zealand by saying her children would represent New Zealand and Samoa, not Australia.
![Sporting stars and newlyweds Israel Folau and Maria Tutaia out and about in Auckland City. 27 November 2017 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Dean Purcell.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/CDIFVFF7GDNCEVIYWNWFNMK4LQ.jpg?auth=377a7aacafbc1aa5c9ff157268135857d3989f61ecf438004bd9f3d477969baf&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)