- List of New Zealand rugby union teams
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This is the list of main teams and provincial teams in New Zealand and members of the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU). Defunct teams are in bold.
Contents
Main teams
- The All Blacks
- The Junior All Blacks
- The Māori
- The Sevens
- The U-21s
- The U-20s
- The U-19s
- The Heartland XV
- The Schools
- The Barbarians
Super 14 teams
- Blues
- Northland, Auckland and North Harbour
- Chiefs
- Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, Waikato, King Country and Thames Valley
- Crusaders
- Canterbury, Tasman, Buller, Mid Canterbury, South Canterbury and West Coast
- Highlanders
- Otago, Southland and North Otago
- Hurricanes
- Hawke's Bay, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wellington, East Coast, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Poverty Bay, Wairarapa Bush, Wanganui
North Island
Team Formed Division Changes Auckland
1883 ITM Cup Bay of Plenty
1911 ITM Cup Central Vikings
1997-1998 Counties Manukau
1955 ITM Cup East Coast
1922 Heartland Championship Hawke's Bay
1884 ITM Cup Horowhenua-Kapiti
1893 Heartland Championship King Country
1922 Heartland Championship Manawhenua 1924-1933 Manawatu
1886 ITM Cup North Harbour
1985 ITM Cup Northland
1994 ITM Cup Formerly North Auckland 1920-1994 Poverty Bay
1890 Heartland Championship Taranaki
1885 ITM Cup Thames Valley
1921 Heartland Championship Waikato
1921 ITM Cup Formerly South Auckland 1909-1921 Wairarapa Bush
1971 Heartland Championship Merger with Wairarapa and Bush Wanganui
1888 Heartland Championship Wellington
1879 ITM Cup South Island
Team Formed Division Changes Buller
1894 Heartland Championship Canterbury
1879 ITM Cup Mid Canterbury
1904 Heartland Championship Formerly Asburton County 1927-1952 Golden Bay-Motueka 1920-1967 Marlborough
1888-2005 Nelson 1885-1967 Nelson Bays
1968-2005 Merger with Golden Bay-Motueka and Nelson North Otago
1904 Heartland Championship Otago
1881 ITM Cup South Canterbury
1888 Heartland Championship Southland
1887 ITM Cup Tasman
2006 ITM Cup Merger with Marlborough and Nelson Bays West Coast
1890 Heartland Championship See also
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