Mainland Tactix play in the ANZ Premiership, the highest level of competitive netball in New Zealand. The Tactix are based in Christchurch.
The team was founded in 2007 to compete in the new trans-Tasman league, the ANZ Championship, which held its first season in 2008. The Tactix replaced the Canterbury Flames, who had played in the newly disbanded National Bank Cup, as a representative of the Canterbury region.
2016 saw the last season of the ANZ Championship, and from 2017 onwards the Australian and New Zealander teams competed separately in their own national league competitions. The Tactix became part of the ANZ Premiership, the new netball championship in New Zealand.
In the first 3 seasons of the ANZ Premiership, the highest ranking achieved by the Tactix was 3rd. In 2020, however, they finished the season in 2nd place and went on to play Central Pulse in the Grand Final, where they lost 43-31. The Tactix reached the the Grand Final again in 2021 but were defeated once more, falling to Northern Mystics by just 2 points, 61-59.
The team plays most of their home games at Christchurch Arena.
