Tangiwai Shield

Tangiwai Shield
	The Tangiwai Shield, the series trophy for New Zealand vs South Africa Tests
Countries	New Zealand; South Africa
Administrator	International Cricket Council; New Zealand Cricket; Cricket South Africa
Format	Test cricket
First edition	2023–24 (New Zealand)
Tournament format	Test series
Number of teams	2
Current trophy holder	New Zealand (1st)
Most successful	New Zealand (1)
Qualification	ICC World Test Championship
Most runs	Kane Williamson (403)
Most wickets	William O'Rourke (9)

The Tangiwai Shield is a Test cricket series played between the men's cricket teams of New Zealand and South Africa. It was launched in February 2024 during South Africa's tour of New Zealand.^[1]

The trophy commemorates the tragic events of 1953,^[2] 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.^[3] The disaster coincided with the second Test between New Zealand and South Africa,^[4] where Bob Blair was playing the match.^[5]

List of Tangiwai Shield series

Years	Host	Tests	New Zealand	South Africa	Drawn	Series Winner
1931–32^[6]	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	South Africa
1952–53^[7]	New Zealand	2	0	1	1	South Africa
1953–54	South Africa	5	0	4	1	South Africa
1961–62	South Africa	5	2	2	1	Draw
1963–64^[8]	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	Draw
1994–95	South Africa	3	1	2	0	South Africa
1994–95	New Zealand	1	0	1	0	South Africa
1998–99	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	South Africa
2000–01	South Africa	3	0	2	1	South Africa
2003–04	New Zealand	3	1	1	1	Draw
2005–06	South Africa	3	0	2	1	South Africa
2007–08	South Africa	2	0	2	0	South Africa
2011–12	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	South Africa
2012–13	South Africa	2	0	2	0	South Africa
2016	South Africa	2	0	1	1	South Africa
2016–17	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	South Africa
2021–22	New Zealand	2	1	1	0	Draw

Years	Host	Tests	New Zealand	South Africa	Drawn	Series Winner
2023–24	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	New Zealand