Super Smash 2025–26 news and season updates

The six men's and six women's teams played separate 30-match league stages before one Eliminator and one Final in each competition. Hagley Oval hosted all four knockout matches across 30 and 31 January.

Northern Brave Men converted first place into a five-wicket Final win over Canterbury Kings. Wellington Blaze also qualified directly, then beat Auckland Hearts by five wickets to secure a third consecutive women's title and their tenth overall.

NZC's 18 August schedule release fixed the 26 December opening double-header, 60-match league phase and one-ground finals plan. The 9 December launch retained that structure and placed all 12 teams inside one national calendar.

Those announcements also separated New Zealand viewing from overseas distribution: TVNZ+ and TVNZ Duke carried every match live and free in New Zealand, while Sony was announced for India. The page records that season-specific information without presenting it as a current viewing promise for a later edition.

Northern Brave Men's 240/4 on 8 January became the association's highest Super Smash total, while Marama Downes's 4/11 helped Northern Brave Women dismiss Canterbury for 66 in the paired match. The 9 January NZC report treated both as mid-season records, not final leaderboards.

By 26 January, Northern Brave Men and Wellington Blaze had taken the direct Final places. Auckland Hearts secured the last women's knockout place on 25 points and NRR, while Canterbury Kings completed the men's Eliminator field after Central Stags lost their final league match.

Canterbury Kings and Auckland Hearts advanced from the two Eliminators on 30 January. Canterbury beat Auckland Aces by nine wickets, and the Hearts beat Northern Brave Women by eight wickets.

The next day, both direct qualifiers won their Finals by five wickets. Northern Brave Men chased 172 with 13 balls remaining, while Wellington Blaze reached 149/5 with one ball left in the women's title match.

Northern Brave Men won their third championship in five seasons. Canterbury Kings finished runners-up for a sixth consecutive season, extending a title drought that dates to the inaugural men's competition.

Wellington Blaze won the women's trophy for the tenth time and completed their second three-title sequence. Those historical records belong to separate competitions and are not combined into one franchise title count.

The timeline includes official announcements and results that changed the season structure, viewing plan, record book, qualification or championship state. It does not repeat all 64 match reports or elevate routine promotional posts into separate milestones.

Later 2026–27 contracts, other NZC domestic competitions and the next Super Smash edition belong to their own records. A mid-season standings or statistics article remains a dated snapshot and does not override the final tables published on the completed-season pages.