New Zealand national netball team
The New Zealand national netball team, commonly known as the Silver Ferns, represent Netball New Zealand in international netball tournaments such as the Netball World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Taini Jamison Trophy, the Constellation Cup, the Netball Quad Series and the Fast5 Netball World Series. They have also represented New Zealand at the World Games. New Zealand made their Test debut in 1938. As of 2023, New Zealand have been world champions on five occasions and Commonwealth champions twice. They are regularly ranked number two in the World Netball Rankings.
29 August 2010; The Governor-General of New Zealand, Rt Hon Sir Anand Satyanand, talks to New Zealand's Joline Henry during the 2010 Constellation Cup series.
Irene van Dyk made 145 appearances for New Zealand between 2000 and 2014.
Current head coach, Noeline Taurua, made 34 appearances as a player for New Zealand between 1994 and 1999.
Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own goal ring. It is one of a few sports created exclusively for women and girls and remains primarily played by them, on indoor and outdoor courts, especially in schools and most popularly in the Commonwealth of Nations.
Malawi (red) playing Fiji (blue) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Women in England playing netball on a grass court, 1910
A goal is scored at a women's netball game in New Zealand, circa 1920s.
Men and women play together during a mixed netball game in Australia.