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New Zealand NBL

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Established
1981 (45 years old)

First Recorded Event
2010-03-04

Current Season
2026

Current Round
7

Sport
Basketball

Location
New Zealand

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - ESPN [2020-2021]

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23 May	FranklinFranklin Bulls	4:00am	Hawkes BHawkes Bay Hawks
23 May	AucklandAuckland Tuatara	7:30am	TaurangaTauranga Whai
24 May	Nelson GNelson Giants	3:00am	Otago NuOtago Nuggets
24 May	TaranakiTaranaki Airs	6:00am	CanterbuCanterbury Rams
25 May	WellingtWellington Saints	7:00am	Hawkes BHawkes Bay Hawks
29 May	TaranakiTaranaki Airs	7:30am	ManawatuManawatu Jets
30 May	TaurangaTauranga Whai	4:00am	Hawkes BHawkes Bay Hawks
30 May	CanterbuCanterbury Rams	7:30am	Nelson GNelson Giants
31 May	FranklinFranklin Bulls	3:00am	AucklandAuckland Tuatara
31 May	Otago NuOtago Nuggets	6:00am	SouthlanSouthland Sharks
Results
22 May	ManawatuManawatu Jets	93 - 100	CanterbuCanterbury Rams
21 May	SouthlanSouthland Sharks	104 - 90	WellingtWellington Saints
17 May	Nelson GNelson Giants	96 - 102	Hawkes BHawkes Bay Hawks
17 May	CanterbuCanterbury Rams	95 - 104	SouthlanSouthland Sharks
16 May	Otago NuOtago Nuggets	72 - 98	AucklandAuckland Tuatara
16 May	TaranakiTaranaki Airs	71 - 81	WellingtWellington Saints
15 May	TaurangaTauranga Whai	97 - 99	ManawatuManawatu Jets
14 May	SouthlanSouthland Sharks	111 - 94	AucklandAuckland Tuatara
13 May	FranklinFranklin Bulls	103 - 112	ManawatuManawatu Jets
10 May	WellingtWellington Saints	126 - 88	FranklinFranklin Bulls

Description

The National Basketball League (NBL) is a men's semi-professional basketball league in New Zealand.

In 1981, a group of club and provincial teams came together to create a men's national basketball league. The following year, the league was brought under the management of the New Zealand Basketball Federation. The league quickly grew in size and popularity due to the influx of sponsors and American import players. The early 1990s held dwindling fortunes for New Zealand basketball, with reduced TV coverage, sponsorships, and crowd numbers. The sport's popularity increased in the 2000s with the success of the Tall Blacks and the introduction of the New Zealand Breakers in the Australian NBL.

In the early days, Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington were the benchmark teams of the league. During the 1990s, Auckland and Nelson were the teams to beat, before Waikato joined Auckland as the dominant sides during the 2000s. During the 2010s, Wellington and Southland became the league's premier teams.


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Auckland Tuatar		Canterbury Rams		Franklin Bulls
Hawkes Bay Hawk		Manawatu Jets		Nelson Giants
Otago Nuggets		Southland Shark		Taranaki Airs
Tauranga Whai		Wellington Sain

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