All games kick off at 2.30pm.
“Our communities are humming with rugby again, thanks to the efforts of our Ngati Porou East Coast staff and passionate volunteers,” said NPEC chief executive Cushla Tangaere-Manuel.
“The union is delighted that we, working with our clubs, will be able to deliver a women's competition and that our head coach Hosea Gear will get a chance to field a team in our away and home matches.”
Fourteen-test All Black No.1079 Gear is, at 36, the youngest head coach in the Coast's history.
“Just from talking to players I know they're stoked that we'll actually get to play as a squad this year, so that's exciting for us,” Gear said.
“We're looking forward to getting the boys together and having fun, especially after everything that's happened.
“The boys are rightly focused on club rugby at this stage but I think that the closer it gets to the end of the season, the more they'll switch their attention to those games in September.”
Seven weeks of round-robin play will be held this year, each of the seven teams having a bye, before the 1 v 4 and 2 v 3 semifinals and final for the Rangiora Keelan Memorial Shield on August 29.
The four-week NPEC women's competition will run from September 5 to September 26, with the Junior Advisory Board season running from July 25 to August 22 and the Nati 7s being held at Whakarua Park on October 17.