NRF League One

The NRF League One is a New Zealand amateur football league. The league is run by Northern Region Football, an amalgamation of the Auckland Football Federation and Northern Football Federation, and includes football clubs located in Northland and Auckland. It comprises half of the fifth tier of football in the northern North Island, alongside the WaiBOP League One. Up until 2022, the competition was known as NRF Championship.

NRF League One

Country	New Zealand
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Number of clubs	8
Level on pyramid	5
Promotion to	NRFL Northern Conference
Relegation to	NRF Championship Division 1
Current champions	Te Atatu (2025)
Website	Northern Region Football
Current: NRF League One 2025 NRF League One

The fixtures are played generally from April to September. The league winners are promoted to the NRFL Northern Conference. Until 2022 the second-place team entered a two-game playoff series with the champions of the WaiBOP Premiership (now WaiBOP League One), with the winner being promoted.^[1]

Teams can be relegated from this division, however only one team representing each club can progress into this division and beyond. If teams do not meet the criteria to gain promotion to the NRF Championship, no teams are relegated from this division. ^[1]

The current champions of the 2025 season are Te Atatu, who as a result were promoted to the 2026 NRFL Northern Conference.

Current Northern League structure

• Northern League
• NRFL Championship
• NRFL Northern Conference, NRFL Southern Conference
• NRF League One, WaiBOP League One
• NRF Championship Division 1

Current clubs

As of 2025 season.^[2]

Team	Location	Stadium	2024 season
Mangere United	Māngere East, Auckland	Centre Park	7th
Oratia United	Oratia, Auckland	Parrs Park	8th in Northern Conference (relegated)
Papakura City	Papakura, Auckland	McLennan Park	4th
Papatoetoe	Papatoetoe, Auckland	Murdoch Park	3rd
South Auckland Rangers	Flat Bush, Auckland	Rongomai Park	2nd
Te Atatu	Te Atatū Peninsula, Auckland	Te Atatū Peninsula Park	7th in Northern Conference (relegated)
Uni-Mount Bohemian	Mount Wellington, Auckland	Bill McKinlay Park	5th
Waiheke United	Waiheke Island, Auckland	Onetangi Sports Park	1st in Northern Conference (withdrew)[a]

1. Beachlands Maraetai were relegated at the end of the 2024 season, however, Waiheke United withdrew in March 2025 and Beachlands were reprieved of relegation.^[3][4]