Kurangaituku Weekend 2, 2026

Thanks to Club Jolly who have attended our competition for over 50 years, and have donated a new trophy so we can have a new grade of Masters: 50+

Please note there is no D Grade for this weekend.

Once you enter, an invoice will be generated - please be patient, we are all volunteers and are not at Netball all day and night. 

Friday 4, Saturday 5 September 2026

Entry fee: $320 to be paid on registration.

Registrations open: May 2026 (TBC).​​​​​​​ Please limit team names to 12 letters at most.

Entries to grades will be limited. Please enter the relevant grade. Teams that have won Sections/Grades in 2025 will be expected to play up a grade in 2026. Netball Rotorua reserves the right to regrade teams as it sees fit. We do not require individual player registrations, just one manager/contact for the team.

Please note: MASTERS 40+ and new grade MASTERS 50+, there is no D Grade this weekend.​​​​​​​

Grades A, B, C, Master's 40+, and Master's 50+

All games are 10-minute halves. No halftime, change straight over.
Rolling subs/Tactical changes will only be allowed after a goal is scored.

Managers & Umpires Meeting

  • There is a special meeting of team managers and umpires at 7.30pm on Thursday night at the Copthorne Hotel*, Fenton Street.  It is essential each team is represented as there may be changes to the draw which may affect your team and their start time.

  • If a delegate is unable to attend, please phone the pavilion, 07 3486578 between 6.30pm and 8.30pm to confirm your teams arrival.

Prizegiving

Prizegiving will take place at Equippers straight after the final game. Eqippers is a short walk across the car park (on the Malfroy Road side). No trophies or banners will be handed out beforehand.

Umpires

Any teams requiring umpires, please email Freda to arrange (Netball Rotorua has a limited supply of umpires available). The cost for a Netball Rotorua umpire in 2026 is $300 for a weekend.

A Grade

B Grade

  • Kerikeri Mako 1
  • ​​​​​​​Outlaws
  • Puni Purple
  • ​​​​​​​Salients
  • ​​​​​​​Kween Bees
  • Piiopio

C Grade

  • Dynasty Netball
  • Northcote Blue
  • Northcote Red
  • ​​​​​​​Infinity Rydahz
  • Kerikeri Mako 2
  • ​​​​​​​2Meke
  • Rikashade
  • SplitEndz1
  • ​​​​​​​Ohaupo Breakers
  • Aumaia Hine
  • ​​​​​​​Kahu Kiwi-Roos
  • Redsox Rivals
  • Ōtautahi Wahine

Masters 40+

  • Norhtcote Masters​​​​​​​
  • ​​​​​​​Ruffnex Wheturangi

Masters 50+

  • Waikato Roses

Masters 50+

  • Waikato Roses

The first Kurangaituku tournament was played in 1933 and grew to become the largest tournament held in NZ. The "Rotorua Borough Council" ran a Spring Carnival to promote Rotorua as a tourist centre and commissioned master carver, Pine Taiapa, to carve a trophy from a solid block of wood - our magnificent Kurangaituku Trophy named for the woman in the legend "Hatupatu and the Birdwoman, Kurangaituku".

From the small beginnings of 6 representative teams playing on 2 courts at the Government Gardens, the tournament expanded to 100 teams on 10 courts over 2 days at Kuirau Park, and then over 2 weekends on 20 courts, featuring 300 teams. These days, we have to host the tournament over three weekends to accommodate a weekend for school-aged players. However, with our courts resurfaced and numbering only 16, we sometimes have to limit the number of participating teams. 

Not only do teams return year after year, but so do the umpires (The Umpires subcommittee looks after all the umpires who are fed and watered upstairs). They all enjoy the relaxed atmosphere and superb organisation of the Netball Rotorua Executive.