Basics, history and facts
Netball Team Names NZ: Funny, Social and Clever Ideas
Picking a team name is one of the first jobs a new netball squad tackles, whether you are entering an elite winter club grade, a
Lydia Marchbank
August 17, 2026
Picking a team name is one of the first jobs a new netball squad tackles, whether you are entering an elite winter club grade, a
Kitting out a squad with netball uniforms is one of the first jobs on any New Zealand club or school’s pre-season list, and it involves
Netball is one of the biggest participation sports on New Zealand’s East Coast, and in Hawke’s Bay it brings thousands of players onto the court
Netball is one of the busiest winter sports in the South Canterbury district, and Netball South Canterbury is the regional body that keeps it running.
Netball is one of Canterbury’s biggest winter sports, played by thousands of women, men and children from the heart of Christchurch to the paddocks of
Ask who invented netball and you will not get one tidy answer the way you would for basketball. There is no single founder and no
Coaching netball to beginners and children comes down to two priorities: keep everyone moving, and teach the handful of rules that make netball different from
Netball across the Waimakariri and Hurunui districts is run by a single organisation and played at two main venues in Rangiora. For families and new
Netball asks a child’s feet to do something running shoes were never built for: stop dead, change direction sideways and land on one leg, over
A netball bib has one job: to tell players, umpires and spectators which of the seven positions a player is filling, and therefore which parts
A full-size netball court is 30.5 metres long and 15.25 metres wide, divided into three equal thirds with a semi-circular goal circle at each end.
The short answer: a full netball game is 60 minutes of playing time, split into four 15-minute quarters. The longer answer depends on who is
Netball asks for less gear than almost any comparable team sport. A marked court, two padded goalposts, one match ball and a set of positional
A netball hoop looks simple — a pole, a ring and a net — yet almost every part of it is defined down to the
Netball has been played in Rotorua since the 1930s, and the city is home to what is widely described as New Zealand’s largest club netball
Ameliaranne Ekenasio is one of the most recognisable shooters in New Zealand netball: an Australian-born goal attack who switched allegiance to New Zealand in 2014,
The Silver Ferns are New Zealand’s national netball team, and in 2026 they are riding high as Commonwealth Games champions. If you are searching for
For most of netball’s history, a match between New Zealand’s Silver Ferns and England was rarely a fair fight — the Ferns usually won, and