Zones
Over the past two weekends, Netball Northern hosted two successful Development Days across our Zone – one at Netball Waitākere and the other at Bruce Pulman Arena.
Netball New Zealand has once again recognised the incredible people who keep our game moving every week, announcing the WM New Zealand Volunteer of the Year Award winners across coaching, officiating, administration, youth leadership, and community impact.
Netball Northern is proud to celebrate the players from our zone who represented their schools at the 2025 NZ Secondary Schools Netball Championships. Competing at this national level is a huge achievement, and every athlete should be commended for their dedication, skill, and sportsmanship.
Mount Albert Grammar School has returned to the top of New Zealand secondary school netball, claiming a thrilling 34-32 win over Howick College in the NZSS Netball Champs final in Porirua.
The off-season is the perfect time to rest, reset, and refresh — but it doesn’t mean stopping completely! Taking a short break from netball helps your body recover from the demands of the season, while keeping active in different ways prepares you for an even stronger return next year.
Netball New Zealand has recognised the contribution umpiring stalwart Colleen Bond has made to the sport at an international level as she steps down from her roles with World Netball.
Constitution
Netball South was established in December 2012, when three entities - Netball Southland, Netball Otago and Southern Team Co were merged into one organisation called Netball South Zone Incorporated, as part of a national restructure of netball zones driven by Netball New Zealand. Netball South Zone is registered with the New Zealand Companies Office as an incorporated society. As an incorporated society we have a constitution which sets out our purpose, what we do and how we operate.
See Netball South Zone Constitution
Regulations:
Our regulations (or standing orders) work at a management level to provide us with detail on relevant subjects such as anti-doping, harassment, sponsorship, privacy, social media, trademarks and more. These regulations are reviewed regularly by our Board.
Coming soon – this document is being updated in line with the changes to the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.
Policies
Netball South Zone is a regional sports organisation and one of the five netball zones in Aotearoa that is affiliated with Netball New Zealand.
We manage the elite netball teams the Southern Steel competing in the ANZ Premiership, as well as the development team the Southern Blast competing in the National Netball League.
Our zone stretches from Oamaru in North Otago, to Invercargill in Southland. encompassing 10 netball centres which deliver community netball events and competitions for over 10,000 registered players of all ages.
Our Purpose
To promote the game of netball and deliver advice and support services to the people behind the game: The programmes, teams, events, and competitions they run.
Our Role
Netball South Zone is responsible for the promotion, development and growth of netball within our zone. We serve as the connection between Netball New Zealand and netball centres operating at a local level.
We provide support and communication to our centres, empowering them to effectively deliver netball services to their communities. We support in the areas of, centre governance and management, umpire development, coach development and injury prevention.
Netball South Zone also works in the space of athlete development by creating performance pathways for aspiring players, coaches and officials.
We also manage our elite netball teams competing in New Zealand’s domestic netball competition, the ANZ Premiership.