Havelock North Wanderers is a

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club in

Havelock North Havelock North ( mi, Te Hemo-a-Te Atonga) is a town in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island of New Zealand, situated less than 2 km south-east of the city of Hastings. It was a borough for many years until the 1989 reorganisation of local ...

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. The club was formed in 1947 as Hastings Wanderers, changing to their current name in 1968. They won promotion to the

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for 2022 after finishing first in the Lotto

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, then beating

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6–6 in a home and away playoff by

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. They had twice before won the Central Federation League in 2017 and 2019, but both times lost their playoff games against

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and

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respectively, missing out on promotion. The Wanderers also regularly compete in the

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, New Zealand's premier knockout tournaments for men, with their best finishes being the fifth round in

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and

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cups before losing to local rivals

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and

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References

External links

Official website
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