1989 National Provincial Championship

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.

Division 1

The following table gives the final standings:

Relegated to Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:Auckland colours, Air NZ Cup.png Auckland	10	9	1	0	348	87	+261	38
2	File:CanterburyColours.png Canterbury	10	8	1	1	287	168	+119	34
3	File:NorthHarbourRugby.png North Harbour	10	7	1	2	272	164	+108	31
4	File:Mooloo.png Waikato	10	7	0	3	335	124	+211	29
5	File:Otagorugby.png Otago	10	4	1	5	243	161	+82	21
6	File:Bopcolours.png Bay of Plenty	10	4	1	5	198	231	-33	18
7	File:Wellington Lions colours.png Wellington	10	4	0	6	169	245	-76	17
8	File:North auckland rugby.png North Auckland	10	3	1	6	195	255	-60	15
9	File:CountiesAirNZ.png Counties	10	3	0	7	139	319	-180	13
10	File:TaranakiRugby.png Taranaki	10	2	0	8	156	372	-216	9
11	File:Hawkes Bay Air NZ Cup colours.png Hawke's Bay	10	1	0	9	140	345	-205	4

Division 2

The following table gives the final standings:

Relegated to Division Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:SouthlandRugby.png Southland	7	6	0	1	195	80	+115	25
2	File:ManawatuTurbosColours.png Manawatu	7	6	0	1	220	65	+155	25
3	File:Kcountry.png King Country	7	5	0	2	137	108	+29	22
4	File:Marlborough Rugby Colours.png Marlborough	7	4	0	3	109	144	-35	17
5	File:Wbush.png Wairarapa Bush	7	3	0	4	99	132	-33	12
6	File:Povertybay.png Poverty Bay	7	2	0	5	87	151	-64	9
7	File:Mcantab.png Mid Canterbury	7	1	1	5	92	199	-107	7
8	File:Thamesvalley.png Thames Valley	7	0	1	6	63	123	-60	4

Division 3

The following table gives the final standings:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:Whanganuicolors.png Wanganui	7	7	0	0	273	73	+200	28
2	File:Scantab.png South Canterbury	7	5	0	2	276	76	+200	22
3	File:Hkapiti.png Horowhenua	7	5	0	2	159	103	+56	21
4	File:Nelson bays rugby.png Nelson Bays	7	4	0	3	100	136	-36	17
5	File:Buller Rugby (colours).png Buller	7	4	0	3	90	145	-55	17
6	File:Ecoast.png East Coast	7	2	0	5	68	203	-135	8
7	File:Northotago.png North Otago	7	1	0	6	64	158	-94	7
8	File:Wcoast.png West Coast	7	0	0	7	64	200	-136	2

Promotion/relegation

Division Two winner Southland were promoted to Division One to replace Hawke's Bay who were relegated. Division Three winner Wanganui were elevated to Division Two to replace Thames Valley who were relegated.