2012–13 Plunket Shield season

2012–13 Plunket Shield
AdministratorNew Zealand Cricket
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament formatDouble round-robin
ChampionsCentral Districts (9th title)
Participants6
Matches30
Most runsAaron Redmond - 941
Most wicketsBrent Arnel - 45
Mark Gillespie - 45

The 2012–13 Plunket Shield season was the 87th season of official first-class domestic cricket in New Zealand. The season started on 27 October 2012 and ran to 23 February 2013. Central Districts won the tournament.