CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The New Zealand women’s national field hockey team is also known as the Black Sticks Women.

Detailed explanation-2: -The official nickname of New Zealand’s national ice hockey team is the Ice Blacks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Over 80, 000 people across New Zealand play hockey every year between the summer and winter variations.

Detailed explanation-4: -Casey Crowley, Alex Lukin, Ella Hyatt-Brown and Rose Tynan have all earned a place in the VBS Women’s side for the first time. The squad features a strong family connection with sisters Katie and Madi Doar selected together for the first time since 2019; the Crowley cousins, Anna and Casey, have also made the side.