The England national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 1978 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team.
The series was drawn 1–1, with New Zealand defeating England in a Test match for the first time in their history.
[1][2][3] The English team had toured Pakistan immediately before the series in New Zealand, playing three Test matches and three One Day Internationals in the country.
Following the first Test England played two more first-class matches, one against Otago and the other against a Young New Zealand side.
[4] The tourists did not lose any of these matches, although the game against Central Districts ended in a tie.