Northern Stars

New Zealand

Founded

2017

Arena

Pulman Arena

The Northern Stars are a New Zealand netball team based in Manukau that, since 2017, has competed in the new ANZ Premiership New Zealand Netball competition. The franchise was formed in 2016 as the sixth team to compete in the ANZ Premiership following the announcement that the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship competition would be retired following the 2016 season. The Stars joined the five already-established New Zealand franchises of the ANZ Championship, representing the areas of South and East Auckland. Home games in the ANZ Premiership are usually played at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, with their training base being located at the High Wire Trust gymnasium in Papakura.

Central Pulse

New Zealand

Founded

2008

Arena

TSB Arena

The Central Pulse are a New Zealand netball team based in Wellington that compete in the ANZ Premiership. The Pulse were formed as an amalgamation of the Western Flyers and Capital Shakers teams from the National Bank Cup (NBC), and competed in the former ANZ Championship from 2008–16, before joining the ANZ Premiership. The team represent regions from the Lower North Island. In 2018 the Pulse are coached by Yvette McCausland-Durie, who also coached the Pulse for three years in the ANZ Championship. Former Silver Ferns captain Sandra Edge is the team's assistant coach, with current Silver Ferns vice captain Katrina Rore as captain. Home games are usually played at TSB Arena in Wellington, although some games are played in Napier, Palmerston North and Porirua. The team uniform is primarily yellow, in line with the Wellington-based Hurricanes rugby union team who play in Super Rugby. The Central Pulse have struggled since their inaugural season. After their first three seasons the team had only won two matches, finishing in the bottom two placings of the competition each time. The Pulse have gradually improved finishing 8th overall in 2011, 7th in 2012 and their best performance of 5th, missing out on a finals berth only by percentage against New Zealand rivals the Waikato/BOP Magic.