North Harbour Stadium
Auckland (Albany), Auckland, New Zealand
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland (Albany), New Zealand — opened 8 March 1997 (construction cost NZ$41 million, after nearly a decade of planning), 49 rugby league games hosted, home of Not a fixed rugby league club home; primary tenant is North Harbour rugby union (NPC), and since 2025 Moana Pasifika's Super Rugby Pacific home games. Used by the NZ Warriors for occasional warm-up/trial matches..
Sourcing caveat: Beyond the 1998 Anzac Test, no further specific rugby league Test matches or World Cup fixtures at this venue were confirmed in sources checked (e.g. no source found confirming whether 1995 or 2000 Rugby League World Cup matches were played here) — flagged as an area for further research rather than asserted.
Ground facts
| Opened | 8 March 1997 (construction cost NZ$41 million, after nearly a decade of planning) |
| Home club | Not a fixed rugby league club home; primary tenant is North Harbour rugby union (NPC), and since 2025 Moana Pasifika's Super Rugby Pacific home games. Used by the NZ Warriors for occasional warm-up/trial matches. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 49 |
| Top recorded crowd | 24,620 |
| Capacity | 22,000 (official capacity for sporting events; a separate figure of 14,000 appears in one source reflecting a reduced post-baseball-diamond-construction configuration — discrepancy flagged, not resolved) |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Floodlights installed | Present, four 45-metre-tall light towers |
| Surface | Grass (main pitch); a neighbouring oval hosts cricket |
| Years used | 1997–2025 |
| Location | Auckland (Albany), Auckland |
Name history
- North Harbour Stadium — 1997-2013
- QBE Stadium — January 2014 - January 2019, sponsorship naming
- North Harbour Stadium — since 2019, reverted
Rugby league history
A major multi-purpose stadium on Auckland's North Shore (Albany/Rosedale), primarily known as home of North Harbour rugby union and a venue for major football tournaments (2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup final; 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup; an official reserve venue for Rugby World Cup 2011), but also historically notable in rugby league as host of the 1998 Anzac Test. Distinct from the NZ Warriors' main home ground, Mt Smart Stadium, in South Auckland/Penrose — not to be confused with each other.
Primary tenant is rugby union (North Harbour, and since 2025 Moana Pasifika); also hosts football and cricket.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 24 Apr 1998 — New Zealand Kiwis vs Australia Kangaroos (1998 Anzac Test), attendance 24,620
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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