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
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
The ANZ Premiership is New Zealand’s top professional netball competition, a six-team league that crowns the country’s domestic champion each year and acts as the
Suncorp Super Netball is Australia’s premier professional netball competition, bringing together eight of the country’s strongest clubs in a fast, physical and highly skilled league.
New Zealand netball has rarely seen as much change at the top as it did across 2025 and 2026. For almost a decade, Jennie Wyllie
Women’s netball is one of the fastest-growing team sports in the world, and nowhere is that energy clearer than at its biggest tournaments. The elite
Few contests in world sport are as closely matched as Australia vs New Zealand in netball. The Australian Diamonds and the New Zealand Silver Ferns
New Zealanders are known worldwide for their love of the outdoors and their easy friendliness — and for a fierce will to win that turns
New Zealand’s elite domestic netball competition, the ANZ Premiership, is one of the country’s most-watched women’s sporting leagues. Whether you are a lifelong supporter or
Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, sits at the south-western tip of the North Island between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. For a compact
Irene van Dyk is a retired goal shooter who became the most-capped international in the history of netball, playing a record 217 Test matches across
Netball is a fast, seven-a-side team sport built around passing, movement and accurate shooting. It is played by millions of people across more than 80
From the sideline, almost every footwork whistle looks identical: a player gathers the ball, shuffles half a step, and possession quietly changes hands. Yet 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
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 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.
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.