Netball is back this Saturday 19th July. Also have team photos and Hauora Day.

NNZ & NORTHERN ZONE UPDATES

Volunteer of the Month, July 2025 Now Open

Nominations for July, Volunteer of the Month (VOM) are now open.

A post went out Tue 1 July on the NNZ Facebook page. You can also nominate someone you know at your Centre doing a great volunteer job too!

​​​​​​​“Great games start with great volunteers. Help us recognise the ones who make a difference. Nominate someone for Volunteer of the Month (July) today! Click here to submit: https://netballnz.co.nz/netball-nz/community/volunteering.html Entries close Sun, 27 Jul.”

Contact:  Jenna Murie jennam@netballnz.co.nz

Applications Open for NNZ  NZ Theory Exam

The NNZ - NZ Theory Exam is the next step for umpires who hold a Zone Practical Umpire Award and are looking to attain the first step towards their NZ C Practical Umpire Award.

Registrations for the NZ Theory Exam 2 for 2025, to be held on Monday 18th August 2025 between 6-8.30pm, are now open and will close on Monday 28th July 2025. No late registrations will be permitted.

Payment and practise exam details will be sent to candidates on Friday 1st August. If their Netball Centre is paying for them, this can be done in one payment directly to Netball New Zealand, details will be in the payment email.

Final exam details will be sent to those who have been approved to sit the exam on Friday 15th August.

To register, click here.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Contact: Sharleen Morrell umpire@netballnorthern.co.nz 

Reminder: Behind the Whistle Campaign

The  Behind the Whistle campaign with Netball NZ and NETFIT NZ is in full swing.

The purpose of the campaign is to celebrate, educate, recruit, and retain our netball umpires — because we all know the game doesn’t happen without them!

There are three key aspects to the campaign:

  1. Umpiring and Rules Resources
    • All resources have been compiled into one, easy-to-access LinkTree, including a sign-up form for new umpires.
    • Responses will be sent to zone umpire leads and passed onto centres.

      👉 Check it out here
  2. Assets for Centres
    • Includes:
      • Social media tiles
      • Posters (with QR code to the LinkTree)
      • Email/newsletter images
      • Asset guidelines (how to use them)
    • If you’d like your centre’s umpire lead details included on the posters, please contact your Zone Umpire Lead.
    • For questions about how to use the assets, reach out to Josh – JoshB@netballnz.co.nz.

👉 Access the assets here

  1. Social Media Campaign
    • We’ll be telling the stories of umpires from around Aotearoa, celebrating the incredible people who pick up the whistle every week!

You can engage with the campaign however you like — for example, printing and displaying posters on notice boards or aligning it with an umpire or volunteer appreciation round.

You can also share NNZ’s and NetFit’s social media posts and stories through your own social media channels.

Sport NZ - Let’s celebrate our Everyday Heros

Sport NZ have launched their Everyday Heroes campaign which aims to make coaches feel thanked and valued.

The campaign directs people to thankscoach.co.nz where anyone can create a personalised digital thank you message and have it sent to their coach.

Action: Check this out on Facebook and feel free to share with your clubs and schools.   https://fb.watch/uvpQP5Pm2u/

Sideline Supporters video 

With the end of the season nearing and finals coming up, we’ve created a short video with the MG Mystics with some messaging for sideline supporters.

Contact: michelle.spooner@netballnorthern.co.nz

Action: You can find the video on our Facebook page.  If you’d like to share it in your socials, please do.

Netball Northern Monthly Newsletter - subscribe now

We are excited to let you know that our monthly Netball Northern newsletter has been reinstated, now being sent out to all registered participants who indicated they would like to hear from the Zone.

Sent on the first Wednesday of every month, the newsletter is a great opportunity to share key updates, celebrate Centre successes, and highlight initiatives happening across our netball community.

If you have any stories, achievements, events, or opportunities you'd like featured, please send them through to communications@netballnorthern.co.nz

Action: If you’d like to receive ‘Northern Zone News’, the official e-newsletter of Netball Northern Zone, sign-up here