Formation After
Netball Australia and
Netball New Zealand announced that the
ANZ Championship would be discontinued after the
2016 season, Netball New Zealand subsequently replaced it with the
ANZ Premiership. The founding members of the ANZ Premiership included the five former New Zealand ANZ Championship teams –
Central Pulse,
Mainland Tactix,
Northern Mystics,
Southern Steel and
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic – plus a brand new franchise, the
South Auckland-based Northern Stars. The team was named after the
Matariki star cluster which is also featured on the team's logo. Former
Melbourne Vixens head coach, Julie Hoornweg, was named Stars inaugural head coach and
Leana de Bruin became their first captain. Other members of the inaugural squad included vice captain
Courtney Tairi plus
Kayla Cullen,
Maia Wilson,
Malia Paseka and
Sulu Fitzpatrick.
ANZ Premiership Since
2017, Stars have played in the
ANZ Premiership. They were grand finalists in
2019. In
2022, Stars were grand finalists for a second time. ;Regular season statistics ==Grand finals==