Bay of Plenty continues to impress their home supporters as they've built a commanding lead in their division midway through New Zealand Men's Interprovincials, while Auckland leads the way in Division Two.

The hosts have won four from four to sit on four contest wins and 14.5 games ahead of Otago, who has won two from three but have had their bye.

They have accumulated nine and a half games over their first three matches.

The Bay of Plenty outfit has looked dominant throughout the four matches they've played so far.

After two wins against Aorangi and Wellington yesterday, they brought the same winning energy, beating North Harbour 4 – 1 this morning and Northland 3.5 – 1.5 this afternoon.

Bay of Plenty captain Jordan Golding says the team is relishing competing in front of their home supporters

'The boys are feeling really good. Emotions are pretty high, and we're stoked to get a big win over a tough opponent in Northland who have a couple of players that play their golf down here now.

'We've all played these two courses plenty of times; the greens are really fast and the rough is long, hopefully that continues to play in our favour as the week progresses.

'It's great to see so many people out and about supporting us and the women. Hopefully, these crowds continue to grow over the week.”

The hosts have a golden opportunity to lock up a semi-finals place if they beat Manawatu Wanganui tomorrow by a big margin and have other results go their way. They have their bye on Friday morning and play Poverty Bay East Coast on Friday afternoon.

Otago bounced back after a slow start, recording a couple of wins over Poverty Bay East Coast and Manawatu Wanganui to sit in second in Division One.

On the other side of the draw, Auckland has established itself as the team to beat, defeating the defending champions in a nail-biter this afternoon after getting past Waikato 4 – 1 yesterday morning.

Auckland beat Taranaki 3 – 2 this afternoon to be three from three and accumulate ten game wins. Auckland's number five and four won comfortably, but the match became tight after Taranaki's Jack Van Prehn beat Robby Turnbull 1up and Sam Jones beat Josh Bai 5&4, meaning it came down to the number two match between Auckland's Jared Edwards and Taranaki's Ethan Jones.

Unfortunately, Jones hit his tee shot out of bounds, meaning Auckland walked away with the victory and sit atop the leaderboard ahead of Taranaki, who are yet to have their bye.

They'll have another tough test in Southland this morning.

Canterbury sits in third with two wins and a loss but has had their bye.

Play resumed at 7.30am.

Tournament information and scores: https://www.golf.co.nz/interclub-competition?competitionid=951508