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One of the biggest events on the secondary schools’ netball calendar wrapped up this week, with the 2025 Upper North Island Secondary Schools (UNISS) Tournament hosted at the Auckland Netball Centre from Monday 25 to Friday 29 August 2025.
As the Netball World Youth Cup 2025 approaches, the under-21 teams from Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Fiji are preparing for the prestigious tournament in Gibraltar. Several players from New Zealand's Northern Zone have been selected to represent their respective nations, highlighting the region’s strong netball talent.
Netball New Zealand has just named the umpire groups for two of the biggest domestic tournaments on the calendar – the 2025 NetballSmart Netball NZ Open Champs in Christchurch (10–13 September) and the NZ Secondary Schools Netball Champs in Porirua (30 September–3 October) – and our Northern Zone officials are right in the thick of the action.
Amelia and Katie, NetballSmart Development Officers at Netball Northern Zone, recently had the privilege of delivering two engaging workshops for the visiting Philippines National Netball Team.
We are proud to announce and congratulate the following Northern Zone Centre leaders who have been selected to attend the upcoming three-day Residential, led by Sport New Zealand and supported by Netball New Zealand and the 5 netball Zones:
Netball New Zealand named 23 athletes to attend trials in Auckland (30 July–1 August) for selection in the NZ U21 team for the 2025 Netball World Youth Cup. Most triallists came from the existing squad, with three players—Stacey Ah Van, Losa Fifita, and Sophia Lafaiali’i—earning selection from outside the programme.
Several Umpire Coaches from Netball Northern were proud to be part of the Umpire Coach Panel at the recent North Island Junior Championships — a development experience that proved both rewarding and enriching.
In 2025, the Northern Mystics have focused on strengthening our connection to the past, honouring the people, moments, and milestones that have shaped the identity of our club.