Central Pulse will play the ANZ Premiership final in front of their own fans after Netball New Zealand moved the date of the match to June 3, freeing up one of their home venues. The match will be played at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua. There were fears the Pulse would have to relinquish hosting rights when it was revealed that the team's three premier home venues; Wellington's TSB Arena, Porirua's Te Rauparaha Arena and Palmerston North's Fly Palmy Arena were unavailable on the originally scheduled date of June 2 due to prior bookings. GETTY IMAGES Porirua's Te Rauparaha Arena will host the ANZ Premiership final on June 3. The Pulse had to play last year's final in Palmerston North as TSB Arena and Te Rauparaha Arena were unavailable due to prior bookings then as well.

Source: Stuff May 14, 2019 01:44 UTC