Next tie 13-15 September 2013
New Zealand will contest the Asia/Oceania Group II promotional play-off away to Philippines in September as they bid to bounce straight back into Group I in 2014. Philippines has won three of the five meetings between the two nations but New Zealand got the upper hand in their last clash in 2011.
Last tie 5-7 April 2013
New Zealand completed just one rubber, and lost it, in their Asia/Oceania Group II second round tie against Pakistan, but were handed the victory due to an unplayable court at neutral venue Myanmar.
History
New Zealand reached the World Group semifinals in 1982, its best Davis Cup performance. Between 1905 and 1922, players from New Zealand and Australia joined forces to compete for Australasia.