ANZ Premiership
The ANZ Premiership explained: New Zealand's top domestic netball league, its six teams, how the points and finals work, and every champion since 2017.
The ANZ Premiership is New Zealand's top domestic netball competition, run by Netball New Zealand and sponsored by ANZ. It is home to the country's leading clubs and is the main pathway into the national team, the Silver Ferns.
How it started
The ANZ Premiership's first season was 2017. It replaced the trans-Tasman ANZ Championship (2008–2016), which had combined clubs from Australia and New Zealand. When Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand ended that league in 2016, Australia launched Suncorp Super Netball and New Zealand established the ANZ Premiership.
The teams
Five of the six founding teams had played in the ANZ Championship; the Northern Stars were created for the new league.
| Team | Base |
|---|---|
| Central Pulse | Wellington |
| Mainland Tactix | Christchurch |
| Northern Mystics | Auckland |
| Northern Stars | Takanini, South Auckland |
| Southern Steel | Invercargill |
| Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic | Hamilton |
Format
- Regular season: teams play each other in a round-robin. It was a triple round-robin from 2017 to 2024, cut to a double round-robin from 2025.
- Points: a win earns three points, and a loss by five goals or fewer earns one bonus point.
- No draws: if scores are level, extra time is played, and play continues until one team leads by two goals.
- Finals: the top three qualify. Second and third meet in an elimination final, and the winner travels to the first-placed team for the grand final.
Champions
| Season | Champions | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Southern Steel | Central Pulse |
| 2018 | Southern Steel | Central Pulse |
| 2019 | Central Pulse | Northern Stars |
| 2020 | Central Pulse | Mainland Tactix |
| 2021 | Northern Mystics | Mainland Tactix |
| 2022 | Central Pulse | Northern Stars |
| 2023 | Northern Mystics | Northern Stars |
| 2024 | Northern Mystics | Central Pulse |
| 2025 | Mainland Tactix | Northern Mystics |
| 2026 | Northern Mystics | Southern Steel |
The Northern Mystics' 56–46 win over the Southern Steel in the 2026 grand final gave them a record fourth title.
Where this page stops
This page covers the league's durable format and history, not current-season fixtures, standings or results — check Netball New Zealand's official site for that.
Sources
All information on this page is given to the best of our knowledge at the time of writing (October 2026), after referring to the sources below — official sources wherever they exist, and the named secondary source where we couldn't find an official record.
- Netball New Zealand — the league's organiser.
- NZ Herald: Northern Mystics win the 2026 ANZ Premiership grand final
- Champions and format cross-checked against ANZ Premiership on Wikipedia.
Related reading
See Suncorp Super Netball and Netball Super League for the equivalent top domestic leagues in Australia and in England and Wales.