Netball NZ's new elite domestic league has received another big commercial boost, landing a three-year naming rights deal with ANZ. The

New Zealand's involvement in the ANZ Championship has come to an end.

For a remarkable 45 minutes of netball, the Southern Steel were on track to pull off the biggest finals upset in the history of the ANZ Championship.

Even after 131 consecutive tests for the Silver Ferns, Laura Langman still had her moments of doubt she could cut it across the Tasman.

The Beko Netball League is already helping bolster New Zealand's playing depth, with three of the stars of the new domestic competition

The Queensland Firebirds' bid to become the first side to win back-to-back ANZ Championship titles is on track after an 11-goal demolition of NSW Swifts.

The Magic have once again proven their reputation as the pluckiest team in the ANZ Championship.

Taurua still holds on to that dream but admits it may never happen.

It has taken the Southern Steel all season to convince the rest of the competition they are the real deal.

The Central Pulse have parted ways with Tanya Dearns after one season, with the franchise today announcing Yvette McCausland-Durie

The Mystics were blown off the court the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic, suffering a heavy 63-47 loss in a bitter clash.

The Auckland-based team, who face the Magic in the New Zealand conference elimination final this afternoon, have won just three matches all season.

In their coach's own assessment, the Northern Mystics have just "stumbled through" this season.

Netball New Zealand is against moves by its Australian counterpart to allow unlimited imports in their new domestic league next year.

The Central Pulse have played their last ANZ Championship game. The injury-depleted Wellington outfit signed off a disappointing

The Magic have been given the best possible test heading into the transtasman league play-offs

A seven-goal third quarter blitz from the Northern Mystics looks to have powered them into a New Zealand conference elimination final.

Former Crusaders lock Steve Lancaster will take the reins of Netball New Zealand from today.

It might be time for Australian teams to acknowledge the threat of the Southern Steel.

As the final season of the ANZ Championship winds down, there are a lot of "lasts" to tick off over the coming weeks.

The race for the third and final play-off spot in the New Zealand conference has tightened even further.

The high-flying Southern Steel have brought an abrupt halt to the Magic's five-match winning streak with a convincing 64-54 win in Invercargill today.

Five straight losses followed by five straight wins.

The route taken by the Magic to the ANZ Championship play-offs has been an unusual one, but then again the New Zealand conference table has a bizarre look.

The Northern Mystics transtasman league play-off hopes are looking increasingly tenuous after falling to another crushing defeat across the Tasman.

The Steel rolled the Firebirds like a bona fide southern 'r' in their top-of-the-table ANZ netball championship match.

Netball New Zealand's new five-year TV deal with Sky is understood to be to the same level the broadcaster was paying for the ANZ Championship.

Netball NZ's departing Hilary Poole says her only regret in the role is that the decision to split away from the ANZ Championship did not come sooner.