The Auckland Tuatara have secured a nine-year deal with North Harbour's QBE Stadium from 2019.

New Zealand's newest professional sporting franchise will play their inaugural Australian Baseball League season out of McLeod Park in Te Atatu before making the North Shore their permanent home from next November.

Regional Facilities Auckland will bankroll alterations to QBE Stadium to allow baseball to be played on the outfield. Auckland Stadiums announced they will reconfigure the west stand to accommodate a baseball diamond. The alterations will cost $2million.

"We had to do our part too – we had to come to the table with some investment, "Tuatara general manager Ryan Flynn told Newshub.

"Our board did a great job getting this over the line. It was a pretty fair deal and part of a wider high-performance plan for New Zealand sport.

"This becomes another high-performance hub for North Harbour Rugby, for New Zealand Football – it's their hub, it's baseball's hub – it's very exciting.

"Baseball has never been given any money in the decade I have been here so this is a long time coming."