Netball New Zealand will announce the new Silver Ferns coach at 3pm Thursday.
Noeline Taurua is tipped to be named as Janine Southby's successor as the 11th Silver Ferns head coach at a media conference in Auckland.
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Southby resigned after an independent review into the Silver Ferns' worst-ever Commonwealth Games result, where the side failed to medal.
Taurua coached the Sunshine Coast Lightning to a Super Netball title defence in Australia last week and has one year left on her contract, meaning she'd be the first New Zealand coach to lead the national side while being contracted to an Australian franchise.
Her first assignment as Silver Ferns coach would come in two weeks, when New Zealand host England on September 15 at Spark Arena, before taking on South Africa three days later in Tauranga as part of a four-nation tournament.
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