Northern Stars (netball)
| Northern Stars | |
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| Franchise information | |
| Years active | 2017-present |
| Based in | Manukau, New Zealand |
| Region | Auckland Region |
| Main venue | Vodafone Events Centre |
| Head coach | Julie Hoornweg |
| Asst coach | Temepara Bailey |
| Website | www |
| ANZ Championship (2008-2016) | |
| Titles won | None |
| ANZ Premiership (2017-present) | |
| Titles won | None |
The Northern Stars are a New Zealand netball team based in Manukau that, from 2017, will compete 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 join 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 will usually be played at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, with their training base being located at the High Wire Trust gymnasium in Papakura.
The ANZ Premiership was founded in 2016 as the new elite domestic netball competition in New Zealand. It replaced the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship competition, which was competed between five New Zealand teams and five Australian teams. For the new competition, the Northern Stars were formed as a sixth team to compete in the new competition against the five existing New Zealand teams, the Northern Mystics, the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, the Central Pulse, the Mainland Tactix, and the Southern Steel.
In May 2016, it was announced that the new Northern team to join the competition would be from the 'greater Auckland area'. It was later confirmed in October that the name of the team would be the 'Northern Stars', based in the South Auckland area. Their training base is located at the new High Wire Trust gymnasium in Papakura, and home stadium at the Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau.
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