The resignation of Netball New Zealand CEO Jennie Wyllie had to happen. 

That's the view of former New Zealand men's netball skipper and commentator Kruze Tangira.  

Tangira told Heather du Plessis-Allan he believes the drama around the standing down then reinstatement of head coach Dame Noeline Taurua has plagued the year. 

He says it started all the way back in January at the Sydney training camp, and it’s taken until December for there to be a real resolution. 

It was unfortunate that Taurua had to lose her job and have her name tarnished in the process, Tangira told du Plessis-Allan, but change needed to happen in order to rebuild the reputation of netball within New Zealand. 

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