2009 Air New Zealand Cup
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The <entity_1> was the 33rd provincial <entity_2> competition, the fourth since the competition reconstruction in 2006, involving the top 14 provincial unions in <entity_3>. The <entity_5> season may well be the last Air <entity_3> Cup, by name and format, as the <entity_3> Rugby Union has restructured the domestic competition with three divisions involved: a premier division competition with 10 teams, a Heartland Championship competition, also with 10 teams, and a new first division with the remaining 6 teams. But in December <entity_4>, the <entity_3> Rugby Union confirmed that they were able to compete in the <entity_5> competition after new funding arrangements were put in place for Tasman in <entity_5>. Hawke's Bay have won the <entity_0> 2nd division 7 times: in 1979, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004; and since being promoted up to the Air <entity_3> Cup in 2006, have been semifinalists in 2007, <entity_4>, and <entity_5>. He also made his team the holder of most drop goals in a season by a team in the Air <entity_3> Cup overtaking Southland in 2007 and Counties Manukau and Hawke's Bay, both in <entity_4>.
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