| 7 | Wellington (1) v Nelson | Victory Square, Nelson | 1879/80 |
| 6 | Auckland (2) v Canterbury | Auckland Domain, Auckland | 1877/78 |
| 6 | Wellington (2) v Nelson | Victory Square, Nelson | 1879/80 |
| 6 | Otago (2) v Auckland | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1884/85 |
| 6 | Auckland (2) v Otago | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1893/94 |
| 6 | Hawke's Bay (2) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1893/94 |
| 6 | Taranaki (1) v Fiji | Bayly Park, Hawera | 1894/95 |
| 6 | Canterbury (2) v Marylebone Cricket Club | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1922/23 |
| 6 | Central Districts (2) v Northern Districts | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 1957/58 |
| 6 | Northern Districts (2) v Wellington | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 1961/62 |
| 5 | Otago (1) v Canterbury | Hagley Park Old, Christchurch | 1864/65 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Auckland | South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Dunedin | 1873/74 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Nelson | Victory Square, Nelson | 1874/75 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Nelson | Victory Square, Nelson | 1876/77 |
| 5 | West Coast (North Island) (1) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1879/80 |
| 5 | Nelson (1) v Wellington | Botanical Gardens, Nelson | 1883/84 |
| 5 | Wellington (2) v Nelson | Botanical Gardens, Nelson | 1883/84 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Nelson | Victory Square, Nelson | 1885/86 |
| 5 | Auckland (1) v Otago | Caledonian Ground, Dunedin | 1889/90 |
| 5 | Auckland (1) v New South Wales | Auckland Domain, Auckland | 1889/90 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Canterbury | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1890/91 |
| 5 | Canterbury (2) v Otago | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1891/92 |
| 5 | Hawke's Bay (2) v New South Wales | Recreation Ground, Napier (Day 1); Farndon Park, Napier (Day 2) | 1893/94 |
| 5 | Canterbury (1) v Otago | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1896/97 |
| 5 | Canterbury (2) v Otago | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1896/97 |
| 5 | Taranaki (1) v Hawke's Bay | Bayly Park, Hawera | 1896/97 |
| 5 | Wellington (2) v Canterbury | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1903/04 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Auckland | Auckland Domain, Auckland | 1907/08 |
| 5 | Hawke's Bay (1) v Auckland | Victoria Park, Auckland | 1910/11 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Canterbury | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1911/12 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Hawke's Bay | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1919/20 |
| 5 | Canterbury (2) v Southland | Rugby Park, Invercargill | 1920/21 |
| 5 | New Zealand (2) v Marylebone Cricket Club | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1922/23 |
| 5 | New Zealand (2) v New South Wales | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1923/24 |
| 5 | Wellington (2) v Auckland | Eden Park, Auckland | 1924/25 |
| 5 | Auckland (2) v Fiji | Eden Park, Auckland | 1947/48 |
| 5 | Otago (1) v Central Districts | Sportsground, Palmerston North | 1955/56 |
| 5 | New Zealand (1) v West Indies | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1955/56 |
| 5 | Wellington (2) v Otago | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1959/60 |
| 5 | Northern Districts (1) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1960/61 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Auckland | Eden Park, Auckland | 1962/63 |
| 5 | Northern Districts (1) v New Zealand Under-23s | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 1962/63 |
| 5 | Canterbury (2) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1963/64 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Canterbury | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1963/64 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Central Districts | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1963/64 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Pakistanis | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1964/65 |
| 5 | Otago (1) v Canterbury | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1967/68 |
| 5 | Canterbury (1) v Wellington | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1975/76 |
| 5 | New Zealand (2) v England | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1977/78 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Central Districts | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North | 1979/80 |
| 5 | West Indies (1) v New Zealand | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1979/80 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Northern Districts | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 1981/82 |
| 5 | Canterbury (1) v Central Districts | Weraroa Domain, Levin | 1985/86 |
| 5 | Northern Districts (1) v Central Districts | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North | 1987/88 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Auckland | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1988/89 |
| 5 | Northern Districts (1) v Otago | Molyneux Park, Alexandra | 1992/93 |
| 5 | New Zealand XI (1) v Zimbabweans | Victoria Park, Wanganui | 1995/96 |
| 5 | Auckland (2) v Wellington | Cornwall Park, Auckland | 2000/01 |
| 5 | Pakistan (1) v New Zealand | WestpacTrust Park, Hamilton | 2000/01 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Canterbury | Dudley Park, Rangiora | 2001/02 |
| 5 | Canterbury (2) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 2001/02 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka A (2) v New Zealand A | Village Green, Christchurch | 2003/04 |
| 5 | Central Districts (2) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 2005/06 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Otago | University Oval, Dunedin | 2006/07 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka (1) v New Zealand | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 2006/07 |
| 5 | Central Districts (2) v Auckland | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland | 2007/08 |
| 5 | Auckland (2) v Otago | University Oval, Dunedin | 2007/08 |
| 5 | Wellington (2) v Canterbury | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 2007/08 |
| 5 | Wellington (2) v Northern Districts | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 2014/15 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Canterbury | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 2015/16 |
| 5 | Wellington (1) v Canterbury | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 2016/17 |
| 5 | Auckland (1) v Wellington | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 2017/18 |
| 5 | Central Districts (1) v Wellington | Saxton Oval, Nelson | 2017/18 |
| 5 | England (1) v New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland | 2017/18 |
| 5 | Canterbury (1) v Central Districts | McLean Park, Napier | 2017/18 |
| 5 | Otago (2) v Auckland | Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland | 2020/21 |