Stories by Bridget Tunnicliffe

The Silver Ferns won't get to meet the number one world ranked Australian Diamonds this year but a home series against England is on the cards.

Some of New Zealand's top sports men and women are investing in their well-being and mental strength by exercising their minds, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Twenty-seven-years ago former New Zealand cricket captain John Wright had a conversation with Australian rookie Justin Langer, which set the fledgling batsman on a transformational path.

Dame Noeline Taurua's priority is for the Silver Ferns to get Tests against Australia by the end of 2020 and she says it makes sense for their arch rivals to come here.

Sixteen players will be named in the next Silver Ferns' squad in two days, and it's a draft that would have caused the national selectors a few headaches both good and bad.

A global pandemic has meant the 2020 ANZ Premiership has by far been the longest domestic season any of the country's elite netball players have experienced.

The next time the Silver Ferns play a Test, it could be controlled by non-neutral umpires for the first time in several years.

When Linda Vagana first made the Silver Ferns' wider squad in 1990, a newspaper headline came out that nearly got her in trouble with her family.

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic pulled off their first win since the opening round of the ANZ Premiership way back in March by beating the Southern Steel 37-36 in Hamilton last night.

Veteran Silver Fern Laura Langman finally got her season in Australia off the ground over the weekend ín winning fashion.

It's Efi Fa'atau's third year coaching netball at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in the Wellington suburb of Karori and it seems he's found his calling. Video

The Northern Mystics made up for their loss to the Southern Steel on Sunday by beating the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 45-39 in the last of the centralised games in Auckland last night.

The Mainland Tactix beat the Southern Steel 48-35 in Auckland last night, to move up to third on the ANZ Premiership ladder. Bridget Tunnicliffe looks back on the highlights from round six.

Netball fans did a double take when former Silver Fern Ellen Halpenny kitted up for the Southern Steel last night.

Silver Ferns' coach Dame Noeline Taurua says sitting courtside at ANZ Premiership games has helped her and assistant coach Debbie Fuller assess players before selection. Audio

The Southern Steel will be hoping for the best but bracing for the worst when the results of Jen O'Connell's scan comes back later this week.

Netball fans might have a long wait before they see the Silver Ferns' play their next international Test, with any plans relying heavily on the borders opening with Australia.

There's been a big increase in the number of netball fans across the world live streaming New Zealand's ANZ Premiership games.

The New Zealand Under-21 team to contest next year's Netball World Youth Cup won't be named for some time but rival teams will already be feeling a dose of trepidation.

Pulse midcourter Claire Kersten admits she has some mixed emotions about her time as a Silver Fern.

There's an assortment of impressive wing attacks in the ANZ Premiership who will put pressure on the Silver Ferns' incumbents.

Star Silver Ferns' captain and shooter Ameliaranne Ekenasio says the move to a two-goal 'Super Shot' in the Australian netball league is exciting.

Some fine circle defenders will miss out on higher honours when the next Silver Ferns' squad is picked.

As competition finally gets underway this weekend, there's perhaps no other netballer in the country who's endured the kind of excruciating wait that former Silver Fern Temalisi Fakahokotau has.

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic shooting end will be tested when the ANZ Premiership resumes next week with Monica Falkner scratched for the whole season and her replacement stuck in Australia.