1989 National Provincial Championship
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The 1989 season was the fourteenth year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Auckland were the winners of Division 1.
The following table gives the final standings:[1]
| Relegated to Division Two |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Auckland |
10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 348 | 87 | +261 | 38 |
| 2 |  Canterbury |
10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 287 | 168 | +119 | 34 |
| 3 |  North Harbour |
10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 272 | 164 | +108 | 31 |
| 4 |  Waikato |
10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 335 | 124 | +211 | 29 |
| 5 |  Otago |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 243 | 161 | +82 | 21 |
| 6 |  Bay of Plenty |
10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 198 | 231 | -33 | 18 |
| 7 |  Wellington |
10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 169 | 245 | -76 | 17 |
| 8 |  North Auckland |
10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 195 | 255 | -60 | 15 |
| 9 |  Counties |
10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 139 | 319 | -180 | 13 |
| 10 |  Taranaki |
10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 156 | 372 | -216 | 9 |
| 11 |  Hawke's Bay |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 140 | 345 | -205 | 4 |
Division 2
The following table gives the final standings:[2]
| Relegated to Division Three |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Southland |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 195 | 80 | +115 | 25 |
| 2 |  Manawatu |
7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 220 | 65 | +155 | 25 |
| 3 |  King Country |
7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 108 | +29 | 22 |
| 4 |  Marlborough |
7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 109 | 144 | -35 | 17 |
| 5 |  Wairarapa Bush |
7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 132 | -33 | 12 |
| 6 |  Poverty Bay |
7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 87 | 151 | -64 | 9 |
| 7 |  Mid Canterbury |
7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 199 | -107 | 7 |
| 8 |  Thames Valley |
7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 63 | 123 | -60 | 4 |
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