Just the list on Wikipedia of the different guises the national competition has taken makes you laugh
First league incarnation
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 19811982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992
Superclub competition
1993 1994 1995
National Summer Soccer League
1996 1996–97 1997–98
New Zealand island soccer leagues
1999
Second league incarnation (National Club Championship)
2000 2001 2002 2003
New Zealand Football Championship (ASB Premiership)
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2014 2015