Jacinda Ardern says sponsors of the Silver Ferns netball team need to think about why they didn't get a world cup bonus.
The Ferns stormed back into the national spotlight after stunning Australia by one goal to break their title drought in the netball World Cup in Liverpool.
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ANZ Bank and accountancy firm M.Y.O.B are major sponsors of the Ferns and Ardern told The AM Show it's about fairness.
"I think it should really just be a question for us, does that feel fair? Because it does tend to of course be those sports like netball where you don't see that same attraction of sponsorship.
"You couldn't have watched that game and say that those players weren't deserving of recognition."
Adern said the Government puts money into sports but it's not for the purpose of a bonus for winning teams.
But it's currently looking into some kind of celebration for our brand new world champions, even if it is proving a little difficult.
"They're all busy going off to play netball in other places," Ardern said.
"Trying to get people into one place has been a bit of a struggle so my understanding at the moment is that we are going to try and bring everyone together.
"I don't have a precise date for that yet but we're putting some effort in I know people want to recognise them, it might be a little way off though just because of travel."
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