2009 Heartland Championship
| Date | 29 August 2009–31 October 2009 |
|---|---|
| Countries | New Zealand |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Wanganui (Meads Cup) North Otago (Lochore Cup) |
| Runner-up | Mid Canterbury (Meads Cup) West Coast (Lochore Cup) |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 Heartland Championship was the fourth Heartland Championship, a provincial rugby union competition in New Zealand involving the country's 12 amateur rugby unions, since it was reorganised in 2006. The round-robin ran from 29 August to 17 October with 30 games in round one and 18 games in round two for a total of 48 games being played through the round-robin, after which the teams went into the playoffs. In the playoffs, the top four teams from each pool in round two went on to semifinals, and then a grand final for each pool was played on 31 October.
Wanganui won their second consecutive Meads Cup, each coming by defeating Mid Canterbury in the final. Wanganui was a Meads Cup finalist in each of the first four years of the Heartland Championship. North Otago defeated West Coast in the Lochore Cup final. North Otago became the first team to win both the Meads Cup (2007) and the Lochore Cup. This was West Coast's first finals appearance in any provincial championship.