The Mystics winless start to the year continued tonight as the star-studded Auckland side crashed to a one-goal defeat to the Tactix in Christchurch.

The Steel's unlikely dominance of the New Zealand conference continues with a commanding win over the Central Pulse.

One thing we recognised in the pre-season was that we were fit, some of the players were producing personal bests in their testing, but we weren't running hardened,"

The Northern Mystics have coughed up another opportunity to notch their first win of the ANZ Championship season.

Former Australian Diamonds star Chelsea Locke is playing down any talk of a potential switch of international allegiances after a strong start with the Central Pulse.

For the past few seasons the Mainland Tactix have routinely copped double-digit clobberings at the hands of the Southern Steel.

The Mystics get their first opportunity to test themselves against one of the heavyweight Australian sides in their round two clash against the visiting West Coast Fever side on Monday.

Amid uncertainty about the league's future, ANZ Championship boss resigns to take up a roll with basketball.

Laura Langman is the first Silver Fern netballer to play for an Australian side. Tomorrow she takes on her old team.

The Magic will be without two of their most experienced stars for their clash against the NSW Swifts.

The new-look Central Pulse have put injury setbacks aside to pull off a thrilling one-goal win over the Magic in their transtasman league opener in Wellington tonight.

Netball NZ is quickly losing patience with its counterparts across the Tasman as the waiting game over the future of the ANZ Championship continues.

The Northern Mystics have won the Auckland leg of the ANZ Championship summer shoot-out, edging the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic in this afternoon's final.

The head of Netball Australia insists the organisation's relationship with its New Zealand counterparts is "as strong as ever" despite plans to split the transtasman league.

New Zealand and Australian teams will almost certainly compete in separate competitions next year.

Recent social media exchanges suggest Silver Fern shooting ace Maria Tutaia and Wallabies star Israel Folau are an item.

An overload at one end of the court has seen some big positional shifts in the Northern Mystics squad early in the ANZ Championship pre-season.