They will host three of their five home matches to Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua - as they did last year.

Taranaki will put the Ranfurly Shield on the line in the opening round against Northland on August 2.

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16 Mar: Macca Springer might have his work cut out for him at Crusaders training on Monday, despite scoring a record-equalling five tries in their Super Rugby win over the Force in Christchurch

15 Mar: The White Ferns have gone 1-nil down in their three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka, losing the opening fixture in Christchurch by seven wickets

14 Mar: Australia has learned valuable lessons from its own shooting tragedies: 6 ideas NZ can borrow

14 Mar: A Christchurch man, found guilty of 17 charges of rape and sexual assault, will be sentenced today

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