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Lee Piper has been appointed to the Netball New Zealand board.
Piper is general manager of the Radio Network Southern Region and was an inaugural member of Southern Team Co (the board that runs the Southern Sting).
He replaces Jane Wrightson, who stands down next month after a nine-year term. The appointment is effective from January. The Netball New Zealand board is Don Mackinnon (chairman), Nelson Cull, Jane Wrightson, Raewyn Lovett, Karen Brown, Carole Maddix, Noeline Ward and NNZ chief executive Shelley McMeeken.