Hockey New Zealand has affirmed settings and dates for every single local competition one year from now.
With World Masters Games facilitated in April 2017, Hockey New Zealand has settled on the choice to move the National Masters Tournament to November to match with the FIH Women’s World League Final in Auckland.
This will likewise influence the National Tournament, with this now being played from 7-13 May.
The National University Tournament will be keep running in July over a four-day window, and the National Senior Tournament will return to a Sunday-Saturday competition and will stay close by the for Ford National Hockey League in September.