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The 2006 Air New Zealand Cup was the latest format of New Zealand's premier domestic rugby competition, which started as the NPC (National Provincial Competition). There were 2 pools of 7 teams, with each team playing the other teams within the pool once. Following this, the top 3 teams from each pool went through to a Top 6 group. The 4th and 7th team from each pool joined up with the 2nd and 3rd teams from the other group to form 2 repechage pools. In the Top 6 group, teams played the 3 teams they had not already played and the points from the 1st round were carried over. In the repechage pools, each team played the other teams in the pool once. Points were not carried over. At the end of these games, the play-offs started with the Top 6 teams and the 2 repechage pool winners playing in Quarter-finals, then Semi-finals and the Final. |
| Top 6 | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Waikato | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 277 | 182 | 6 | 36 |
| Auckland | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 287 | 119 | 8 | 34 |
| North Harbour | 9 | 7 | 2 | 206 | 158 | 3 | 31 | |
| Wellington | 9 | 7 | 2 | 189 | 165 | 1 | 29 | |
| Canterbury | 9 | 6 | 3 | 238 | 156 | 5 | 29 | |
| Otago | 9 | 5 | 4 | 192 | 173 | 4 | 24 | |
| Repechage A | ||||||||
| Bay Of Plenty | 3 | 3 | 0 | 100 | 34 | 2 | 14 | |
| Hawkes Bay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 74 | 1 | 9 | |
| Counties Manukau | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 93 | 3 | 5 |
| Manawatu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
| Repechage B | ||||||||
| Southland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 9 | |
| Northland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 85 | 0 | 8 | |
| Taranaki | 3 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 50 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tasman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 87 | 80 | 1 | 5 | |
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Hawkes Bay Manawatu Counties Manukau Taranaki Northland Tasman Wellington Northland North Harbour Southland Auckland Otago Waikato Tasman Taranaki Bay Of Plenty Hawkes Bay Otago Canterbury Manawatu Otago Counties Manukau Auckland North Harbour Southland Bay Of Plenty Waikato Wellington Taranaki Northland Auckland Tasman Manawatu Canterbury Hawkes Bay Counties Manukau North Harbour Waikato Southland Bay Of Plenty Canterbury Wellington |
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Napier Palmerston North Auckland New Plymouth Whangarei Blenheim Wellington Whangarei Albany Invercargill Auckland Dunedin Hamilton Blenheim New Plymouth Mt Maunganui Napier Dunedin Christchurch Palmerston North Dunedin Auckland Auckland Albany Invercargill Rotorua Hamilton Wellington New Plymouth Whangarei Auckland Blenheim Palmerston North Christchurch Napier Auckland Albany Hamilton Invercargill Mt Maunganui Christchurch Wellington |
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| Pool A | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| Auckland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 195 | 63 | 5 | 25 | |
| North Harbour | 6 | 5 | 1 | 142 | 92 | 3 | 23 | |
| Wellington | 6 | 5 | 1 | 121 | 90 | 1 | 21 | |
| Bay Of Plenty | 6 | 3 | 3 | 116 | 129 | 1 | 13 | |
| Taranaki | 6 | 2 | 4 | 86 | 128 | 1 | 9 | |
| Tasman | 6 | 1 | 5 | 133 | 163 | 4 | 8 | |
| Manawatu | 6 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 174 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pool B | ||||||||
| Waikato | 6 | 5 | 1 | 187 | 124 | 4 | 24 | |
| Canterbury | 6 | 5 | 1 | 170 | 87 | 3 | 23 | |
| Otago | 6 | 5 | 1 | 153 | 76 | 3 | 23 | |
| Southland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 123 | 2 | 10 | |
| Counties Manukau | 6 | 1 | 5 | 130 | 158 | 5 | 9 | |
| Hawkes Bay | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 109 | 192 | 2 | 8 |
| Northland | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 181 | 0 | 6 |
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Taranaki Hawkes Bay Southland Bay Of Plenty Auckland North Harbour Wellington Southland Bay Of Plenty Counties Manukau Tasman Waikato Auckland Canterbury Manawatu Otago Counties Manukau Taranaki Canterbury Northland Waikato Quarter-Finals Wellington Auckland Waikato North Harbour Semi-Finals Auckland Waikato Final Waikato |
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Northland Manawatu Tasman Counties Manukau Waikato Otago Canterbury Taranaki Hawkes Bay Manawatu Northland Wellington Otago North Harbour Bay Of Plenty Wellington Hawkes Bay Tasman Auckland Southland North Harbour Canterbury Bay Of Plenty Southland Otago Wellington Otago Wellington |
New Plymouth Napier Invercargill Mt Maunganui Auckland Albany Wellington Invercargill Mt Maunganui Auckland Blenheim Hamilton Auckland Christchurch Palmerston North Dunedin Auckalnd New Plymouth Christchurch Whangarei Hamilton Wellington Auckland Hamilton Albany Auckland Waikato Hamilton |
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Waikato won the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup