It was the nineteenth scheduled season of national women's football and was planned as a hybrid season, with four teams from the NRFL Premier League representing the Northern Conference, Central Football and Capital Football representing the Central Conference, and Canterbury United Pride and Southern United representing the Southern Conference.
[4] New Zealand Football announced on the 14 September that they had decided to terminate the remainder of the Northern League season and cancel any yet to be played fixtures due to Covid-19 and Auckland being in Level 4.
[5] The decision was made because they couldn't complete all the games before Championship phase was due to begin.
In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series.
In its place, they instead decided on a one-off interregional competition, the National League: South Central Series.