The Silver Ferns have overcome the New Zeland men's side 55-52 to take out the netball quad series in Palmerston North.

It's their first win over the men, four days out from their Taini Jamison series with England, which starts on Wednesday.

Coach Dame Noeline Taurua says the win is a stage of the overall plan.

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21 Apr: Tactix coach Marianne Delaney-Hoshek's wary of the risk of her players being sent off in the coming rounds of the ANZ Premiership

20 Apr: The Central Pulse's squad depth has prevailed in round two of the ANZ Netball Premiership, at home the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

20 Apr: Central Pulse midcourter Maddy Gordon admits the shadow of a possible merger with Australia's Super Netball and Netball New Zealand's broadcast talks with Sky are hanging over the ANZ Premiership

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