2004 National Provincial Championship
The 2004 season was the 29th year of the National Provincial Championship, a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, Nelson Bays were the winners of Division 2, and Poverty Bay were the winners of Division 3.
Division 1
Results
Week 8
Division 2
- = Wanganui lost five points and East Coast lost one bonus point for player eligibility breaches, i.e. the points gained in the match where the breach took place.
- Nelson Bays 32-15 North Otago
- Hawke's Bay 41-20 Counties [Manukau (National Provincial Championship)|Counties Manukau]
- Nelson Bays 19-14 Hawke's Bay
Division 3
Semi-finals- Poverty Bay 22-13 Horowhenua-Kapiti
- Wairarapa Bush 16-9 Mid Canterbury
- Poverty Bay 37-14 Wairarapa Bush
Ranfurly Shield
As the holders of the Ranfurly Shield from the end of 2003, Auckland began their defence of the shield against Poverty Bay in Auckland. Auckland won this match and made one more successful defence before losing to Bay of Plenty. Following their first ever Ranfurly Shield win, Bay of Plenty also won their first ever defence of the shield against Waikato before losing it to Canterbury, who made two successful defences to take the shield into the 2005 season.Auckland
- 28 July 2004 – Auckland v Poverty Bay
- 1 August 2004 – Auckland v Counties Manukau
- 15 August 2004 – Auckland v Bay of Plenty
- 22 August 2004 – Bay of Plenty v Waikato
- 5 September 2004 – Bay of Plenty v Canterbury
- 18 September 2004 – Canterbury v Southland
- 9 October 2004 – Canterbury v Northland