On 20 August 1938, New Zealand, captained by Margaret Matangi, made their test debut in an away match against at Australia at Royal Park, Melbourne.

[3][4][5][6][7][8] On 20 August 1948, New Zealand, captained by Oonah Shannahan, hosted their first home test against Australia at Forbury Park.

[16] At the 1963 tournament, New Zealand were captained by Pamela Edwards, with Lois Muir as vice-captain.

[6][21][22][23][24][25] At the 1979 World Netball Championships, New Zealand shared the gold medal with Australia and Trinidad and Tobago.

[6][25][27][28][29] At the 2003 World Netball Championships, with a team captained by Anna Rowberry, New Zealand won their fourth title.

In just fourteen months, head coach Noeline Taurua turned a team, demoralised at missing out on a medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, into world champions.

Winning the 2019 Netball World Cup was declared New Zealand's Favourite Sports Moment and Taurua, was named Coach of the Year.

[41] Source:[16][25] Between 1985 and 1993, New Zealand competed at the World Games, winning two gold and one silver medals.

[55] With a team captained by Lyn Parker, New Zealand defeated Australia 39–37 in the final to win the inaugural title.

[62] In 2010, New Zealand, led by Maria Tutaia and Irene van Dyk, won their second gold medal after they defeated Australia 66–64 in an epic encounter.

Tutaia scored the winning goal in double extra time after 84 minutes of play.

Teams to compete have included England, Jamaica, South Africa, Malawi, Fiji and Samoa.

[122][123][124][125] Since 2012, New Zealand have competed in the Netball Quad Series, playing against Australia, England and South Africa.