Netball New Zealand is set to undergo further change, with chief executive Hilary Poole announcing her resignation today.

The Magic have pulled off a masterful escape act at The Trusts Arena, edging out the Northern Mystics in the final few minutes after trailing at every exchange.

Southern Steel skipper Wendy Frew isn't one to make demands.

An important moment for New Zealand sport. The country's leading sporting organisations, led by New Zealand rugby, have come together

Netball NZ's high performance director Steve Lancaster believes they are the right people to lead the national programme through a time of transition.

The Magic's mid-season revival is gathering pace after notching up their third straight win with an dominant victory over the Central Pulse in Tauranga tonight.

Rookie defender Holly Fowler, who has been a regular starter for the Auckland side this season, is the latest to join the casualty list after picking up a foot injury.

The major Counties Manukau schools netball competition will take place this season at the Manurewa centre, not Papakura as in 2015.

The Southern Steel extended their lead atop the New Zealand conference standings with a tight win over a determined Pulse outfit.

The sad state of the transtasman league's New Zealand conference deteriorated further over the weekend as the chasing Kiwi teams failed to seize their opportunities.

The Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic triumphed 49-45 in a riveting local derby.

Kiwi franchises are gearing up for an arms race for the top international netballing talent following the transtasman league split.

Netball New Zealand will likely foot the bill for a new Auckland-based franchise for the first couple of years.

Netball Australia could shut themselves out of a New Zealand-led Champions League-style playoff series after a messy transtasman league split.

The Northern Mystics have added to their ANZ Championship wins column, but did little to strengthen their reputation as serious contenders after escaping with a narrow win over the Pulse at the Trusts Arena tonight.

The Magic are finally on the board in 2016, breaking through for their first win of the season just as transtasman league hits the halfway point.

Two great netballing rivals joining forces with a shared goal in mind

Netball reporters Dana Johannsen and Rikki Swannell answer three questions about the impending split of the ANZ Championship.

The once-mighty Magic's abrupt transtasman league decline continued tonight as they crashed to their fifth consecutive loss of the season.

The air has been let out of the Mainland Tactix confidence balloon after the Canterbury side crashed to a 69-48 defeat to the Melbourne Vixens.

The Southern Steel addressed any lingering questions over their billing as one of the teams to beat in the ANZ Championship.

In five rounds the Southern Steel have already amassed a tally greater than their 2015 ANZ Championship season total.

The emergence of several unheralded youngsters during the early rounds of the ANZ Championship has raised questions over the timing of Silver Ferns squad selections.

They're not completely back on track, but the Northern Mystics' season is being slowly resurrected onto the rails.

They might have shown they can beat New Zealand teams but today the Steel knocked off their first Australian side.