NZSS – New Zealand Secondary Schools Team

What a fantastic achievement to have had a player named in the NZSS team to tour to Australia – Ariana Dawson from Whakatane was named as a team member and Kiaarah Wilson from HCNC was named as a non-travelling reserve.  Since the naming of the team as recently as last week Kiaarah has been pulled into the team to tour – an amazing opportunity for both Ariana and Kiaarah to represent not only their centres, but also our WBOP zone and New Zealand!

WAIBOP MATARAU

With the NNL competition running only as a single round-robin competition our WBOP Matarau ended up 3^rd on the points table for 2026.    Now the team is in a period of review as we look to how we can make things even better in 2026!  See each game report on our Facebook page or our WBOP Zone website https://www.netballwbop.co.nz/wbop/news/news.html.

Photo Credit: Matarau team

PATHWAYS SPOTTING

Player Pathway Lead Rachel Davis has been attending tournaments and school Netball competitions in order to try and see as many of our zone athletes as possible.  It’s been great to see our WBOP athletes working on their game and enjoying our sport in the sun and the rain!  For our Pathways Purpose and Process please visit our website under the Pathways tab https://www.netballwbop.co.nz/wbop/pathways/performance-pathway.html.

Article added: Wednesday 24 June 2026
Article by: Rachel Davis, Netball WBOP Zone Player Pathways Lead

Photo Credit (action shot): Michael Bradley