| 10 | Otago v Canterbury | South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Dunedin | 1865/66 |
| 7 | Wellington v Nelson | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1884/85 |
| 6 | Otago v Canterbury | South Dunedin Recreation Ground, Dunedin | 1875/76 |
| 6 | Wellington v West Coast (North Island) | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1879/80 |
| 6 | Otago v Auckland | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1905/06 |
| 6 | Otago v New South Wales | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1923/24 |
| 6 | New Zealand Army v Royal New Zealand Air Force | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1942/43 |
| 6 | Central Districts v Otago | Trafalgar Park, Nelson | 1958/59 |
| 6 | Central Districts v Wellington | Cook's Gardens, Wanganui | 1959/60 |
| 6 | North Island v West Indians | McLean Park, Napier | 1968/69 |
| 6 | Wellington v Canterbury | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1988/89 |
| 6 | Central Districts v Auckland | Horton Park, Blenheim | 2002/03 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Auckland | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 1873/74 |
| 5 | Wellington v Auckland | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1873/74 |
| 5 | Auckland v Canterbury | Auckland Domain, Auckland | 1877/78 |
| 5 | Wellington v Nelson | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1877/78 |
| 5 | Otago v Canterbury | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1885/86 |
| 5 | Wellington v Hawke's Bay | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1885/86 |
| 5 | Canterbury v New South Wales | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1889/90 |
| 5 | Otago v New South Wales | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1893/94 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Otago | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1894/95 |
| 5 | Auckland v Wellington | Auckland Domain, Auckland | 1899/00 |
| 5 | Wellington v Hawke's Bay | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1905/06 |
| 5 | Hawke's Bay v Wellington | Recreation Ground, Napier | 1907/08 |
| 5 | Otago v Canterbury | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1922/23 |
| 5 | Auckland v Otago | Eden Park, Auckland | 1931/32 |
| 5 | Auckland v Australians | Eden Park, Auckland | 1945/46 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Fiji | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1947/48 |
| 5 | Otago v Central Districts | Carisbrook, Dunedin | 1950/51 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Central Districts | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1952/53 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Central Districts | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1958/59 |
| 5 | North Island v South Island | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1958/59 |
| 5 | New Zealand v Australia | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1959/60 |
| 5 | Central Districts v Otago | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth | 1960/61 |
| 5 | Canterbury v South Africans | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1963/64 |
| 5 | Auckland v Wellington | Eden Park, Auckland | 1971/72 |
| 5 | Central Districts v Canterbury | McLean Park, Napier | 1979/80 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Otago | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1979/80 |
| 5 | Auckland v Wellington | Eden Park, Auckland | 1980/81 |
| 5 | Wellington v Otago | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1980/81 |
| 5 | Canterbury v Northern Districts | Lancaster Park, Christchurch | 1984/85 |
| 5 | Auckland v Central Districts | Eden Park No 2, Auckland | 1985/86 |
| 5 | Central Districts v Wellington | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North | 1989/90 |
| 5 | New Zealand v Bangladesh | Seddon Park, Hamilton | 2009/10 |