Changes - League was increased to 10 teams. Hungaria joined forces with Miramar Rangers and the new club was known as Wellington City. Caversham, Maori Hill and Dunedin Technical joined forces and entered the league as Dunedin Suburbs. 1.Eastern Suburbs 18 12 4 2 51- 23 28 2.Mt Wellington 18 11 3 4 51- 22 25 3.Christchurch Utd 18 9 5 4 43- 20 23 4.Blockhouse Bay 18 9 4 5 45- 25 22 5.Gisborne City 18 8 5 5 38- 33 21 6.Dunedin Suburbs 18 6 3 9 25- 44 15 7.M.A.P. 18 4 4 10 20- 32 12 8.Stop Out 18 3 6 9 25- 45 12 9.Wellington City 18 4 3 11 21- 50 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10.Western Suburbs 18 3 5 10 18- 43 11 Blo ChU Dun EaS Gis MAP MtW StO Wel WeS Blockhouse Bay - 1-1 5-0 1-3 0-0 2-1 2-2 5-2 2-0 2-2 Christchurch Utd 3-1 - 4-0 1-0 1-2 5-1 3-2 1-1 6-3 4-0 Dunedin Suburbs 0-2 2-6 - 3-5 3-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 Eastern Suburbs 2-0 2-2 1-2 - 1-1 1-1 5-2 3-0 4-1 2-1 Gisborne City 3-2 1-0 6-0 4-5 - 3-3 1-0 4-3 5-1 1-2 Mt Albert-Ponsonby 1-4 0-5 0-2 1-3 0-0 - 0-1 4-3 6-0 0-0 Mt Wellington 2-1 2-0 5-0 2-2 4-0 1-0 - 4-0 3-1 7-2 Stop Out 2-4 0-0 1-6 0-3 2-2 1-0 3-1 - 1-3 2-2 Wellington City 0-5 0-0 3-0 0-5 5-1 1-0 0-6 1-2 - 1-1 Western Suburbs 1-6 2-1 0-2 1-4 1-3 0-1 0-5 1-1 2-0 - Promotion play-offs (1971) Waterside 0-0 New Brighton New Brighton 4-0 Waterside Takapuna City 0-0 Western Suburbs Takapuna City 2-3 New Brighton Waterside 3-2 Western Suburbs New Brighton 1-0 Western Suburbs Waterside 1-3 Takapuna City Takapuna City 6-1 Waterside Western Suburbs 1-1 New Brighton Western Suburbs 4-4 Takapuna City Western Suburbs 6-1 Waterside New Brighton 2-3 Takapuna City New Brighton 6 3 2 1 11- 6 8p ------------------------------------- Takapuna City 6 3 1 2 18-14 7 Western Suburbs 6 2 2 2 16-10 6 Waterside 6 1 1 4 6-21 3 Author: Andre Zlotkowski (nzfooty@hotmail.com) Last updated: 3 Nov 2000 (C) Copyright Andre Zlotkowski and RSSSF 2000