Northland Nightmares founded their first team, Hell's Wives, in 2010. Hell's wives competed in Auckland competition until the league grew popular enough to hold its own internal competitions.[1]
In 2011 intra-league teams Death Row Dolls and Diva Destruction were formed. Hell's Wives continues as the league's traveling representative team. The junior Derby Bratz team was also formed in 2011.[2]
The league originally trained at church-owned Kamo Recreation Centre. The church moved the league on from there at the beginning of 2011, citing increasing student numbers at the church school, which used the hall as a gym, and falling outside use. The league then struggled to find a suitable place to train.[1]
The league's 2011 season was eventually spent training at Portland Hall and bouting at Kensington Stadium.[3]
In 2011 two members of the Northland Nightmares, Jo "Axl-Slash-R" McQueen and Cara "Solid Sarge" Norman were selected to play for Roller Derby Team New Zealand in the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup.[4][5] The New Zealand team placed 8th out of 13 teams.[6]
