List of New Zealand rugby union teams

This is the list of the main first-class rugby union teams in New Zealand, including national teams, Super Rugby teams, Mitre 10 Cup 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.

A map of NZRU provincial boundaries

National representative teams

Team	Formed	Division	Changes
Auckland	1883	Mitre 10 Cup
Bay of Plenty	1911	Mitre 10 Cup
Bush	1890 - 1971		merged with Wairarapa in 1971
Central Vikings	1997-1998
Counties Manukau	1955	Mitre 10 Cup
East Coast	1922	Heartland Championship
Hawke's Bay	1884	Mitre 10 Cup
Horowhenua-Kapiti	1893	Heartland Championship
King Country	1922	Heartland Championship
Manawhenua	1924-1933		short-term merger of Horowhenua and Manawatu
Manawatu	1886	Mitre 10 Cup
North Harbour	1985	Mitre 10 Cup
Northland	1920	Mitre 10 Cup	Formerly North Auckland 1920-1994
Poverty Bay	1890	Heartland Championship
Taranaki	1885	Mitre 10 Cup
Thames Valley	1921	Heartland Championship
Waikato	1921	Mitre 10 Cup	Formerly 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	Mitre 10 Cup

Team	Formed	Division	Changes
Buller	1894	Heartland Championship
Canterbury	1879	Mitre 10 Cup
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	Mitre 10 Cup
South Canterbury	1888	Heartland Championship
Southland	1887	Mitre 10 Cup
Tasman	2006	Mitre 10 Cup	Merger of Marlborough and Nelson Bays
West Coast	1890	Heartland Championship