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North
Harbour
Hockey
Association
(NHHA)
or
fondly
called
as
the
'Harbour
Hockey'
is
one
of
the
largest
sports
Associations
in
New
Zealand,
located
in
the
North
Shore
of
the
Auckland
region.
They
have
very
popular
4300
winter
season
and
2000
summer
players
drawn
from
both
urban
and
rural
areas.
Its
history
goes
back
to
1973
in
which
year
the
North
Shore
Women’s
Hockey
Association
(NSWHA)
was
formed
and
in
1975
they
established
its
headquarters
at
Rosedale
Park
in
Albany
with
the
blessings
of
then
North
Shore
City
Council.
The
Association
grew
rapidly
and
in
10
years
had
doubled
in
size
and
incorporated
the
largest
junior
girl's
division
in
New
Zealand
hockey,
a
status
the
present
day
NHHA
still
holds.
NHHA
operational
area
extends
from
Devonport
to
Warkworth
in
the
east,
to
Massey
and
through
to
Helensville
in
the
west.
The
Association
manages
competitions
for
10
clubs,
16
secondary
schools
and
68
junior
schools,
catering
for
the
midget,
novice
players
through
to
masters'
players
in
their
60’s.
In
2019
NHHA
moved
to
the
brand-new
world
class
National
Hockey
Centre
on
the
Bush
Road
in
Rosedale.
It
happened
as
a
result
of
the
developments
of
northbound
State
Highway
1
aligning
with
the
west
bound
State
Highway
18
which
had
to
use
a
part
of
the
previous
grounds
held
by
the
NHHA.
