The 1977 season was the second year of the National Provincial Championship (NPC), a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand. Canterbury were the winners of Division 1, thus claiming the title of national champions.
Division 1 Relegated to Division Two
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Results May
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Division 2 (North Island) Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF Pts1880023832+20640162 860220370+133291238512132101+3117114 8512160134+262411584049079+111086830575149−741067821599158−591458 811674203−1291239800848193−14560
Results May
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Division 2 (South Island)
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF Pts1550011121+901710254018736+51158353025663−766452036581−1694551044399−5652650051880−6220
Results June
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Promotion/Relegation Bay of Plenty and Marlborough finished in the bottom two of Division 1.
The winners of Division 2 North, North Auckland, were automatically promoted to Division 1; Bay of Plenty were relegated, just one season after they won the National Championship.
The winners of Division 2 South, South Canterbury, played Marlborough and won 13–9 to earn promotion to Division 1; Marlborough were relegated to Division 2.
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