Organised netball in New Zealand usually starts at local club or school level at around 5–7 years of age.
Exceptional players can be invited to participate in a development camp, from which the New Zealand Secondary Schools team is chosen.
Open-age regional competition can, for talented players, lead to competing in the New Zealand Netball Championships.
Organised netball in New Zealand usually starts at local club or school level at around 5–7 years of age.
Exceptional players can be invited to participate in a development camp, from which the New Zealand Secondary Schools team is chosen.
Open-age regional competition can, for talented players, lead to competing in the New Zealand Netball Championships.
To ignite a lifelong involvement in Netball, a sequential programme has been developed that is at the right level for the players at each stage.
Small sided games are the preferred training method and are proven to be the most appropriate way to enhance skill and tactical development.
Year 7 & 8 is an extension programme designed to broaden the talent pool and inspire a lifelong love of Netball.
The National Netball League are contested between regional-representative teams, and provide players for the ANZ Premiership franchises.
The league consists of 31 games run over 13 weekends, allowing players to continue with work and study commitments, culminating in a Grand Final.
The competition includes six teams playing a double round-robin, with 10 matches to be televised on SKY Sport and 21 standalone games.
Between 15 and 20 Centres compete in this four-day, indoor tournament; an excellent pathway not just for players, but also coaches, umpires and other officials to gain experience at the next level.
The ANZ Premiership is contested annually by six teams based throughout New Zealand, with a total of 47 games played over 14 weeks.
The ANZ Championship was inaugurated in April 2008 as the premier domestic netball competition in both New Zealand and Australia.
Netball New Zealand has several major events throughout the year: SuperClub Super Club, an international competition featuring eight teams from all over the world.
Netball Youth World Cup Since the inception of the four-yearly tournament in 1988, it was the first time New Zealand had won back-to-back titles, toppling old rivals Australia by three goals in the final of the 2017 edition to clinch a fourth trophy.
Players in this squad are selected from domestic competitions such as the ANZ Premiership and are recognised as being potential members of the Silver Ferns.
The New Zealand U21 team includes players under 21 years of age that are considered to have the potential to progress to higher levels of netball in the future.
The Silver Ferns regularly compete with other national netball teams, both in tours and in one-match tests.
The Silver Ferns also compete in test series and in world championships, which are usually televised in New Zealand.
Regular television coverage of netball games in New Zealand began in the 1960s, and in the 1980s netball was included in the 'big four' sports – along with rugby union, rugby league and cricket – that received increased coverage from Television New Zealand, as well as being exempt from paying for broadcast time, and even receiving a minimal 'rights fee'.
Domestic matches in the ANZ Premiership are televised live on SKY Sports, which also televised the ANZ Championship and National Bank Cup; delayed coverage is broadcast by both SKY Sports and TVNZ New Zealand.
The final of the 1999 Netball World Championships between New Zealand and Australia was, at the time, the highest rating programme ever for then-televisor TV2.