It was the first edition of the New Zealand Women's Sevens for the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the fourth tournament of the 2019–20 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

The top team from each pool and the best second-placed team advanced to the semifinals to playoff for berths in the cup final and third place match.

The other teams from each group were paired off for the lower classification matches.

Twelve teams competed in the tournament with eleven being the core teams that compete throughout the entire season.

The invited team for the tournament was  China.