Business confidence continued to decline last month in ANZ's Business Outlook survey, to its lowest level for a year.

A penalty goal from English import Jo Harten at the end of regulation time has secured the Magic a dramatic come-from-behind win over the NSW Swifts.

As the end of season reviews start early at the Northern Mystics headquarters, the Auckland franchise will look to their rollicking win over transtasman league heavyweights the NSW Swifts in Auckland tonight as setting the blueprint for 2015.

Bouncing around the Mystics' defensive circle Temalisi Fakahokotau is on high alert as the visiting West Coast Fever side move the ball swiftly through the court.

It's an issue causing major headaches for rugby codes, now netball is dealing with its first reported case of concussion in the ANZ Championship.

Northern Mystics shooter Maria Tutaia will become the latest Silver Fern star to notch up 100 ANZ Championship appearances when she takes the court against the West Coast Fever on Monday.

With just three rounds remaining in the regular season, hope that Silver Ferns star Kayla Cullen will return to the ANZ Championship this year is fast running out.

They boast some of the biggest names in New Zealand and international netball and were tipped to be ANZ Championship title contenders this year. Some even had them pegged as favourites.

At least one player in the Mystics camp had something to smile about this week despite their early exit from the playoffs race - import Julie Corletto has been recalled into the Australian side for the Commonwealth Games.

It is time to officially rule a line through the Steel's transtasman league playoff hopes after the southern side were out-muscled and out-thought by the NSW Swifts in Canberra yesterday.

It is time to officially rule a line through the Steel's transtasman league play-off hopes after the southern side were out-muscled and out-thought by the NSW Swifts

Energetic midcourter Laura Langman will fittingly become the first player to record 100 ANZ Championship games this weekend.

Temepara Bailey returns to play for the Mystics in tonight's bottom-of-the-table ANZ championship netball match against the Tactix.

Grace Rasmussen encapsulates why the new-look Magic have still got the magic.

Dunedin Police have been called in to investigate death threats made against controversial netball coach Norma Plummer.

The Mystics have revived their ANZ Championship season with a spectacular extra time victory over reigning premiers the Adelaide Thunderbirds tonight.

Magic coach Julie Fitzgerald believes the poor strike rate of the Kiwi teams across the Tasman over the first six seasons of the ANZ Championship is a mental failing.

The Magic have assumed the unlikely position atop the ANZ Championship ladder after surviving their first real test of the season.

As far as halftime entertainment goes, you couldn't get any more fitting than the "panic room'' radio station promotion during the Mystics' loss to the Pulse tonight.

By tomorrow night, the Magic could be top of the ANZ Championship with a 100 per cent record from their first three games. It wasn't meant to be like this.

Around the ANZ Championship with Dana Johannsen.

Every week we want to take a step up from what was achieved the week before and most definitely this week coming up against the Mystics, we'll have to step up again.