List of New Zealand rugby union teams
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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, 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.
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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
North Island unions
| 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 | |
| 20px 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 | |
| 20px Thames Valley | 1921 | Heartland Championship | |
| 20px Waikato | 1921 | Mitre 10 Cup | Formerly South Auckland 1909-1921 |
| Wairarapa | 1886 - 1971 | merged with Bush in 1971 | |
| 20px Wairarapa Bush | 1971 | Heartland Championship | Merger with Wairarapa and Bush |
| 20px Wanganui | 1888 | Heartland Championship | |
 Wellington |
1879 | Mitre 10 Cup |
South Island unions
| Team | Formed | Division | Changes |
|---|---|---|---|
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1894 | Heartland Championship | |
| 20px Canterbury | 1879 | Mitre 10 Cup | |
| 20px Mid Canterbury | 1904 | Heartland Championship | Formerly Asburton County 1927-1952 |
| Golden Bay-Motueka | 1920-1967 | merged with Nelson in 1967 | |
| 20px Marlborough | 1888-2005 | ||
| Nelson | 1885-1967 | merged with Golden Bay-Motueka in 1967 | |
| 20px Nelson Bays | 1968-2005 | Merger of Golden Bay-Motueka and Nelson | |
| 20px North Otago | 1904 | Heartland Championship | |
| 20px Otago | 1881 | Mitre 10 Cup | |
| 20px South Canterbury | 1888 | Heartland Championship | |
 Southland |
1887 | Mitre 10 Cup | |
 Tasman |
2006 | Mitre 10 Cup | Merger of Marlborough and Nelson Bays |
| 20px West Coast | 1890 | Heartland Championship |
