The 2018 New Zealand Sevens was the fourth tournament within the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the nineteenth edition of the New Zealand Sevens, and the first to be held in Hamilton.

It was held over the weekend of 3–4 February 2018 at FMG Stadium Waikato.

The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/5th place brackets.

The bottom two teams from each group went to the Challenge trophy/13th place brackets.

Fifteen core teams are participating in the tournament along with one invited team, the highest-placing non-core team of the 2017 Oceania Sevens Championship, Papua New Guinea:[1] All times in New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00) [2] Semi-finals 13th Place Final Quarter-finals Semi-finals Challenge Trophy Final Semi-finals 5th Place Final Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze Medal Match Cup Final Source: World Rugby Source: World Rugby The following seven players were selected to the tournament Dream Team at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]