Once a regular feature on the Silver Ferns schedule, Dunedin has hosted just one test over the past 22 years. The year was 1999 and, for the first time since 1988, the city had been left off the Silver Ferns' schedule. Venue size and costs of the old Dunedin Stadium had been among the key factors in its dumping. In 1981, the Silver Ferns hosted England at the Dunedin Stadium, before doing so again in 1987. It was that which left Agnew unable to give any certainty as to when the Silver Ferns might again walk on court in Dunedin.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 16, 2021 19:41 UTC