Handball in Schools

The New Zealand Handball Federation is actively encouraging Handball being played in schools. We can support schools wishing to introduce Handball to their students by providing coaching guidelines and simplified rules, and in some cases we can also loan equipment and balls.

We are keen to see inter school competitions and will help organise those. If your school plays handball and wishes to play against another school, please reach out to us. We want to help make that happen.

The NZHF currently focuses it’s effort on developing youth/school handball in Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago regions. If your school is outside of these regions, we still warmly encourage you contact us; if we can help grow Handball in your area we are keen to do so, otherwise we might be able to help your players travel to your closest handball competition.

In 2024 there were 2 tournaments held in Auckland during Term 2.
Now in Term 3, there is an inter school competition planned for Years 7 and 8 in Wellington regions. We are also hoping to run a similar competition in Canterbury and Otago soon. To register your interest for any of these or future events, please click here.

Canterbury and Otago regions have ongoing competitions. You can find out about those here and here, respectively.

Here is video to help you get started with Handball in your school.