TVNZ is to become the exclusive domestic broadcaster for all BLACKCAPS, WHITE FERNS, and Super Smash matches for three years, from the start of the 2023-24 home summer until the end of the 2025-26 season.

Diana Puketapu-Lyndon will replace Martin Snedden as chair of NZC, the first woman in the history of the organisation to fill the role.

The beginning of the 2023/24 Domestic season this Friday heralds the start of a new journey for a number of new coaches who'll be taking the team reins for the first time