South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2023–24

The South Africa cricket team toured New Zealand in February 2024 to play two Test matches. The Test matches formed part of 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship.

The series was contested for the Tangiwai Shield. The trophy commemorated the tragic events of 1953, when 151 people on the train from Wellington to Auckland on Christmas eve - including Nerissa Love, the fiancé of New Zealand fast bowler Bob Blair - lost their lives in the rail disaster. The disaster coincided with the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa, where Bob Blair was playing the match.

Going into the series, South Africa had never lost a Test series against New Zealand, in 17 meetings.

New Zealand won the first Test by 281 runs. New Zealand also won the second Test by 7 wickets, and went on to win the series 2–0. It was the first time New Zealand won a Test series against South Africa.

Squads
In December 2023, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced an understrength Test team for the tour, composed of players with little or no Test cricket experience, in order to allow their best players to remain in South Africa to compete in the SA20 (a domestic Twenty20 franchise tournament). The decision was widely criticised. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh was particularly critical, stating his opinion that Test cricket was in danger of no longer being the highest format of the game as the best players were incentivised to play Twenty20 because of better pay.

On 16 January 2024, Edward Moore was added to South Africa's squad.

New Zealand's William O'Rourke was only selected for the second Test.

On 8 February 2024, New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell was ruled out of the second Test due to an injury.