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This is the list of the main first-class rugby union teams in New Zealand, including national teams, Super Rugby teams, National Provincial Championship teams, and Heartland Championship teams. The list does not include women's teams, local club or school teams, inactive teams, such as the North and South Island teams, or non-geographic representative teams, such as the New Zealand Universities, Marist, or Barbarians sides.

National representative teams

• New Zealand
• Junior All Blacks
• New Zealand Maori
• All Blacks Sevens
• New Zealand U-20
• The Heartland XV
• New Zealand Schools

Super Rugby teams

• Blues
• Chiefs
• Crusaders
• Highlanders
• Hurricanes

North Island unions

Team	Formed	Division	Changes
Auckland	1883	National Provincial Championship
Bay of Plenty	1911	National Provincial Championship	Split from South Auckland
Bush	1890 - 1971		merged with Wairarapa in 1971
Central Vikings	1997-1998		short-term merger of Manawatu and Hawke's Bay
Counties Manukau	1955	National Provincial Championship	Formerly South Auckland 1926-1955
East Coast	1922	Heartland Championship
Hawke's Bay	1884	National Provincial Championship
Horowhenua-Kapiti	1893	Heartland Championship
King Country	1922	Heartland Championship	Formerly part of South Auckland 1909-1921
Manawhenua	1924-1933		short-term merger of Horowhenua and Manawatu
Manawatu	1886	National Provincial Championship
North Harbour	1985	National Provincial Championship
Northland	1920	National Provincial Championship	Formerly North Auckland 1920-1994
Poverty Bay	1890	Heartland Championship
South Auckland	1909-1921		Split from Auckland
South Auckland	1926-1955		Split from Auckland, later became Counties
Taranaki	1885	National Provincial Championship
Thames Valley	1921	Heartland Championship	Formerly part of South Auckland 1909-1921
Waikato	1921	National Provincial Championship	Formerly part of South Auckland 1909-1921
Wairarapa	1886 - 1971		merged with Bush in 1971
Wairarapa Bush	1971	Heartland Championship	Merger with Wairarapa and Bush
Wanganui	1888	Heartland Championship
Wellington	1879	National Provincial Championship

South Island unions

Team	Formed	Division	Changes
Buller	1894	Heartland Championship
Canterbury	1879	National Provincial Championship
Mid Canterbury	1904	Heartland Championship	Formerly Asburton County 1927-1952
Golden Bay-Motueka	1920-1967		merged with Nelson in 1967
Marlborough	1888-2005
Nelson	1885-1967		merged with Golden Bay-Motueka in 1967
Nelson Bays	1968-2005		Merger of Golden Bay-Motueka and Nelson
North Otago	1904	Heartland Championship
Otago	1881	National Provincial Championship
South Canterbury	1888	Heartland Championship
Southland	1887	National Provincial Championship
Tasman	2006	National Provincial Championship	Merger of Marlborough and Nelson Bays
West Coast	1890	Heartland Championship

See also

• List of defunct New Zealand rugby union teams

External links

• Heartland Rugby website

• Rugby union teams in New Zealand