Affiliated Unions | Associate Members | Life Members | The New Zealand Maori Rugby Board

The NZRU has 40 members, including Affiliated Unions, Associate Members, Life Members and the New Zealand Maori Rugby Board.

Affiliated Unions

The Affiliated Unions are New Zealand’s 26 Provincial Unions. The NZRU works with, for and on behalf of these 26 Provincial Unions, which in turn manage their representative teams and provide rugby administration and services to the clubs and schools in their region.

The 26 Provincial Unions are listed below, divided into New Zealand rugby’s three zones. All Provincial Unions are, like the NZRU itself, incorporated societies.

Northern Zone

Central Zone

 
Southern Zone

Associate Members

The Associate Members are organisations that provide rugby or rugby-related services to particular groups. In some cases, such as New Zealand Schools, these organisations assemble teams or administer competitions. In others, these organisations provide other services, such as the Rugby Museum Society, which administers the Rugby Museum in Palmerston North, and the Rugby Foundation, which provides support to players who have suffered serious injuries.

The NZRU’s Associate Members are:

Life Members

Life Members are individuals who have been elected in recognition of exceptional service to the NZRU and to rugby.

Currently, the NZRU has six Life Members:

The New Zealand Maori Rugby Board

The New Zealand Maori Rugby Board (NZMRB) is an incorporated society with its own Constitution. The NZMRB is charged with promoting and encouraging Maori rugby in New Zealand, distributing funds for the development of rugby amongst Maori, and maximising opportunities for Maori players, coaches and administrators.

The Maori Advisory Board, as it was initially known, first convened in 1922. The NZMRB assumed its current name and structure in 2000 and now comprises two representatives from each of the three Maori rugby regions – Te Hiku o Te Ika (northern North Island), Te Tini a Maui (southern North Island) and Te Waipounamu (South Island) – alongside two independent Board members and the NZRU Maori representative.