NZC and Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) agreed to postpone the tour, which was due to take place this July following discussions at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Johannesburg this week.
ZC chief executive Ozias Bvute and his NZC counterpart Justin Vaughan agreed New Zealand would now tour in June 2010 following a week of speculation that New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was preparing to step in to prevent the tour going ahead.
"I'm pretty reluctant for the Black Caps to travel," Mr Key told reporters over the weekend.
"There are very real, genuine security risks for our players.
"We don't support that (Zimbabwe) regime. We don't support what is happening in that country, and we don't want to give a signal that we do."
It had left NZC in a delicate position as pulling out of the tour would would have left it open to substantial financial penalties under ICC regulations.
