TARANAKI AIRS
Taranaki Steelformers Airs is a New Zealand professional basketball team that competes in the National Basketball League (NBL). They have previously been known as the New Plymouth Bulls (1986–93), the Taranaki Bears (1994–98), the Taranaki Oilers (1999) and the Devon Dynamos Taranaki (2008–09).
They play their home games at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth, Taranaki. Due to a lack of funding, they did not compete in the New Zealand NBL from 2000 to 2002. After having been absent from the national competition for three seasons, there was a need to redevelop the local talent.