Stories by Bridget Tunnicliffe

If you're on the committee of your local sports club and you think running a club is hard enough already, it's about to get harder.

Faith Vui remembers driving a golf cart for her dad in Apia as a child - and the relationship came full circle at the New Zealand Amateur Championship.

Analysis - The Silver Ferns have experienced significant lows in 2023 but finished the year on a high after back-to-back wins over the world champions.

Getting back-to-back wins over Australia has always been a challenge for the Silver Ferns and today will be no different in the final Constellation Cup test.

There will be no excuses that the Silver Ferns players don't know what to expect when they try to keep the Constellation Cup series against Australia alive in Test three.

Any questions about whether netball could keep Kate Heffernan have been answered with the 24-year-old saying she is committed to another World Cup cycle.

The Silver Ferns defenders have a tough assignment when they take on World Champions Australia.

Analysis - There seems to be a general consensus that some change is needed to New Zealand's domestic netball competition but what that change might be is less clear, writes Bridget Tunnicliffe.

One of the leading clubs in Australia's domestic netball competition has had approaches from Silver Ferns wanting to play there.

After their embarrassing loss to an under-strength England side the Silver Ferns have now lost their last four Tests and coach Dame Noeline Taurua says she doesn't have a magic bullet.

When Liana Leota was starting her Silver Ferns career 15 year's ago there's no way England would have sent a development squad to New Zealand.

Silver Ferns captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio says she would like to play in Australia's netball league if it didn't affect her eligibility to play for New Zealand.

Negotiations between High Performance Sport New Zealand and a union that wants more financial stability for athletes, haven't been moving quickly enough for the Employment Relations Authority.

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua would like to see New Zealand players get competition against teams in Australia, sooner rather than later.

Silver Ferns selectors have named teams for this month's series against England and Australia in October with one particular position up for grabs.

White Ferns Sophie Devine and Amelia Kerr have been named in the Platinum grade under a new overseas draft system in Australia's Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).

England Netball has finally had a conversation with Netball New Zealand about why they are sending a development side to play the Silver Ferns in the Taini Jamison series later this month.

None of England's World Cup players have been named in the side to meet the Silver Ferns in a three test series in New Zealand next month.

Analysis - Three weeks on from the Netball World Cup, Bridget Tunnicliffe examines why the Australian Diamonds have won 12 titles, and the Silver Ferns five.

When the president of World Netball described the sport as being rich in people resource and poor in financial resource at a press conference in Cape Town, truer words had never been spoken.

Captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio says the Silver Ferns fourth place finish at the Netball World Cup in South Africa doesn't compare to the team's lowest ebb in 2018.

The Silver Ferns will have to beat Jamaica in the bronze medal match tomorrow morning to avoid their worst ever finish at a Netball World Cup.

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua says despite two disappointing final pool games, the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup have worked out in their favour.

The Silver Ferns will meet England in the semi-finals of the Netball World Cup in South Africa on Saturday with plenty to ponder.

Substitutions may have backfired on the Silver Ferns who were held to a thrilling 48-all draw by South Africa at the Netball World Cup in Cape Town.