Stories by Bridget Tunnicliffe

New Highlanders coach Tony Brown wants to make an impact at the franchise and he wants to do it quickly, so he's turned to the Silver Ferns' coaches to learn how they did it.

The Silver Ferns have beaten the England Roses 58-45 in the first international netball since Covid-19 brought the game to a screaming halt.

She cut it fine but 18-year-old shooter Grace Nweke has continued her meteoric rise by making the Silver Ferns' squad.

The unmissable New Zealand men's shooter Junior Levi says he's looking forward to resuming his on court battle with Silver Ferns' goal keep Jane Watson during next week's Cadbury series.

England Roses star Serena Guthrie says her side can't wait to meet the Silver Ferns for the first international netball since Covid-19 disrupted the sport.

Analysis - Recruiting Australian Diamonds' captain Caitlin Bassett for next year's ANZ Premiership is huge for the competition and will provide plenty of storylines for those who love the theatre of…

Australian netball captain Caitlin Bassett says Silver Ferns' coach Dame Noeline Taurua helped convince her that a historic switch to New Zealand was a good career move.

New Zealand freediver William Trubridge admits he's terrified of getting Covid-19 as the disease could end his incredible career.

England's biggest netball stars will be missing from the side that meets the Silver Ferns late next month for the first international Tests since Covid-19 disrupted the sport.

Junior Levi and Kruze Tangira headline the New Zealand men's team named for next month's Cadbury Netball Series against the Silver Ferns and development squads.

The Silver Ferns won't get to meet the number one world ranked Australian Diamonds this year but a home series against England is on the cards.

Some of New Zealand's top sports men and women are investing in their well-being and mental strength by exercising their minds, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

Twenty-seven-years ago former New Zealand cricket captain John Wright had a conversation with Australian rookie Justin Langer, which set the fledgling batsman on a transformational path.

Dame Noeline Taurua's priority is for the Silver Ferns to get Tests against Australia by the end of 2020 and she says it makes sense for their arch rivals to come here.

Sixteen players will be named in the next Silver Ferns' squad in two days, and it's a draft that would have caused the national selectors a few headaches both good and bad.

A global pandemic has meant the 2020 ANZ Premiership has by far been the longest domestic season any of the country's elite netball players have experienced.

The next time the Silver Ferns play a Test, it could be controlled by non-neutral umpires for the first time in several years.

When Linda Vagana first made the Silver Ferns' wider squad in 1990, a newspaper headline came out that nearly got her in trouble with her family.

The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic pulled off their first win since the opening round of the ANZ Premiership way back in March by beating the Southern Steel 37-36 in Hamilton last night.

Veteran Silver Fern Laura Langman finally got her season in Australia off the ground over the weekend ín winning fashion.

It's Efi Fa'atau's third year coaching netball at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in the Wellington suburb of Karori and it seems he's found his calling. Video

The Northern Mystics made up for their loss to the Southern Steel on Sunday by beating the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 45-39 in the last of the centralised games in Auckland last night.

The Mainland Tactix beat the Southern Steel 48-35 in Auckland last night, to move up to third on the ANZ Premiership ladder. Bridget Tunnicliffe looks back on the highlights from round six.

Netball fans did a double take when former Silver Fern Ellen Halpenny kitted up for the Southern Steel last night.

Silver Ferns' coach Dame Noeline Taurua says sitting courtside at ANZ Premiership games has helped her and assistant coach Debbie Fuller assess players before selection. Audio