Netball New Zealand says it’s happy to verify Dame Noeline Taurua will return as Silver Ferns head coach, efficient as we speak, October 25.
To minimise disruption to the Silver Ferns at present competing internationally, interim teaching appointments will stay in place till the conclusion of the Northern Tour.
Over the previous two months, Netball NZ and Dame Noeline have been engaged on modifications to the Silver Ferns programme and surroundings, Netball NZ says.
“Each events share a deep dedication to athlete and workers well-being and to making sure that the high-performance tradition continues to evolve as vital.
“Collectively, Netball NZ and Dame Noeline have agreed to implement enhancements to help well-being and efficiency together with strengthening the participant voice.
“These construct on frameworks developed by the events throughout current discussions, with additional enter from Excessive Efficiency Sport New Zealand and drawing from the coach and athlete welfare techniques efficiently employed by different main codes.”
Netball NZ says it acknowledges the suspension of Dame Noeline and her teaching staff was a troublesome resolution.
The next interval has been a “very difficult time for everybody concerned, together with the Silver Ferns gamers and administration and their whānau, and for this we apologise”.
“Netball NZ has full confidence in Dame Noeline’s ongoing management of the Silver Ferns, noting there was nothing discovered through the course of that referred to as her integrity into query.
“Netball NZ and Dame Noeline will work in partnership to embed the agreed modifications and to focus absolutely on the longer term, together with preparations for the subsequent pinnacle occasion, the Commonwealth Video games in Glasgow in July, 2026.
“The method of reflection and enchancment will now be wrapped into our regular common year-end assessment cycle.
“Whereas there was public hypothesis on this matter, Netball NZ has an obligation of care to all staff, together with our gamers.
“Regardless of intense curiosity, we’ve got not and can’t have interaction with commentary that breaches their proper to privateness and doesn’t mirror the total context.
“We thank athletes, coaches, workers and the broader netball neighborhood for his or her endurance, and continued dedication to the Silver Ferns.”
