2012 Heartland Championship

The 2012 Heartland Championship was the seventh season of the Heartland Championship, New Zealand's provincial rugby union competition, since its reorganisation in 2006, involving the 12 amateur rugby unions in New Zealand. The format was the same as in 2011. The tournament's round robin stage saw the 12 teams play 8 games. The top four teams in the table at the end of the 8 weeks played off for the Meads Cup, while the next four contested the Lochore Cup.

Teams
The 2012 Heartland Championship was contested by the following teams:

Table
(1) the winner of the round robin match between the two provinces; then
 * In the case of two teams being tied on points, the ranking of teams is decided by:

(2) highest point difference; then

(3) most tries scored; then

(4) a coin toss. (1) the province with the most wins against other tied provinces in the Round Robin; then
 * In the case of three or more teams being tied on points, the rankings of teams is decided by:

(2) if two teams remain tied they shall be ranked according to the criteria listed above, but if more than two teams remain tied, they shall be ranked according to criteria (2) to (4) only.

Results
The fixtures were released on 28 March 2012.

Semifinals
Meads Cup

Lochore Cup

Finals
Meads Cup

Lochore Cup