| Cga: | NZL |
| Cganame: | New Zealand Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Commonwealth Games |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Competitors: | 249 |
| Sports: | 19 |
| Flagbearer: | Opening |
| Rank: | 9 |
| Gold: | 6 |
| Silver: | 12 |
| Bronze: | 14 |
| Officials: | 119 |
New Zealand at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia was represented by 249 athletes competing in over 19 disciplines, with 119 officials. This was the largest team that New Zealand had ever sent to a Commonwealth Games.
New Zealand has competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first British Empire Games in 1930, and is one of only six teams to have done so. Selection is the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee. New Zealand did not perform nearly as well as expected, recording their worst performance since 1982. They had been expected to return with forty or fifty medals, but won only 31, finishing ninth.
The flag bearer for the opening ceremony was Hamish Carter — the reigning Olympic triathlon champion. At the closing ceremony Greg Yelavich who had competed since the 1986 Games and won the most Commonwealth Games medals (11) of any New Zealander was flagbearer.
Valerie Vili, Women's shot put
Nick Willis, Men's 1500 m
Leana de Bruin, Belinda Colling, Vilimaina Davu, Temepara George, Laura Langman, Jessica Tuki, Anna Rowberry, Anna Scarlett, Maria Tutaia, Irene Van Dyk, Casey Williams & Adine Wilson, Women's Netball
Sosene Anesi, Josh Blackie, Tamati Ellison, Nigel Hunt, Tafai Ioasa, Cory Jane, Tanerau Latimer, Liam Messam, Lote Raikabula, Amasio Valence, Alando Soakai & Onosai Tololima-Auva'a, Men's Rugby Sevens
Graeme Ede, Men's Trap
Swimming
Moss Burmester, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Tony Sargisson, Men's 50 km Walk
Sara Runesten-Petersen & Daniel Shirley, Mixed Doubles
Ed Book, Dillon Boucher, Pero Cameron, Casey Frank, Paul Henare, Mike Homik, Troy McLean, Aaron Olson, Tony Rampton, Lindsay Tait, Mika Vukona & Paora Winitana, Men's Basketball
Micaela Cocks, Rebecca Cotton, Aneka Kerr, Donna Loffhagen, Angela Marino, Jessica McCormack, Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe, Lisa Pardon, Charmian Purcell, Jody Tini, Lisa Wallbutton & Nonila Wharemate, Women's Basketball
Rosara Joseph, Women's Cross Country
Hayden Roulston, Men's Points Race
Juliet Etherington, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone
Gregory Yelavich, Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol
Shelley Kitchen & Tamsyn Leevey, Women's Doubles
Swimming
Dean Kent, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Bevan Docherty, Men's Individual
Samantha Warriner, Women's Individual
Angela McKee, Women's High Jump
Gordon McCauley, Men's Time Trial
Hayden Godfrey, Tim Gudsell, Peter Latham, & Marc Ryan, Men's Team Pursuit
Jan Khan & Marina Khan, Women's Pairs
Juliet Etherington & Kathryn Mead, Women's 50 m Prone Rifle Pair
Teresa Borrell, Nadine Stanton, Women's Double Trap (Pairs)
Shelley Kitchen, Women's Singles
Swimming
Moss Burmester, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Cameron Gibson, Men's 200 m Backstroke
Hannah McLean, Women's 200 m Backstroke
Lauren Boyle, Alison Fitch, Melissa Ingram & Helen Norfolk, Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Synchronised Swimming
Lisa Daniels & Nina Daniels, Synchronised Swimming Duets
Andrea Hewitt, Women's Individual
Keisha-Dean Soffe, Women's +75 kg
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| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Moss Burmester | 50 m butterfly | 24.64 | 11 Q | 24.73 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m butterfly | 53.88 | 5 Q | 53.15 | 4 Q | 52.73 | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 1:59.87 | 2 Q | 1:56.64 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Cameron Gibson | 50 m backstroke | 26.74 | 11 Q | 26.75 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m backstroke | 58.65 | 13 Q | Did not start | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:05.30 | 6 Q | 2:00.72 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Dean Kent | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.13 | 14 Q | 1:04.10 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:02.65 | 1 Q | 2:01.08 | |||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:22.75 | 3 Q | 4:18.20 | 4 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Andrew McMillan | 200 m freestyle | 1:51.01 | 15 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 56.01 | 14 Q | 55.81 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 2:00.70 | 5 Q | 2:00.61 | 5 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Daniel Sharp | 50 m EAD freestyle | 25.58 | 5 Q | 25.81 | 5 | ||
| 100 m EAD freestyle | 58.32 | 7 Q | 58.42 | 7 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Glenn Snyders | 50 m breaststroke | 29.21 | =8 Q | 29.27 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:03.90 | 12 Q | 1:03.74 | 14 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Corney Swanepoel | 50 m butterfly | 24.23 | 5 Q | 24.30 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m butterfly | 53.94 | 6 Q | 53.77 | 7 Q | 53.14 | 4 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Scott Talbot | 50 m backstroke | 26.29 | 6 Q | 26.24 | 8 Q | 26.33 | 8 |
| 100 m backstroke | 57.38 | 10 Q | 56.58 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
| Moss Burmester Cameron Gibson Glenn Snyders Corney Swanepoel | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:46.22 | 3 Q | 3:40.75 | 5 | |||
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Zoë Baker | 50 m breaststroke | 31.70 | 4 Q | 31.84 | 5 Q | 31.45 | 4 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Lauren Boyle | 100 m freestyle | 56.70 | 10 Q | 56.40 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m freestyle | 2:01.11 | 8 Q | 2:00.90 | 8 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Annabelle Carey | 50 m breaststroke | 32.85 | 10 Q | 32.71 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:14.48 | 13 Q | 1:11.99 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Nichola Chellingworth | 50 m freestyle | 26.36 | 10 Q | 26.00 | 5 Q | 25.89 | 6 |
| 50 m butterfly | 27.51 | 9 Q | 27.22 | 5 Q | 27.67 | 7 | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Elizabeth Coster | 50 m backstroke | 29.70 | 5 Q | 29.29 | 5 Q | 29.48 | 5 |
| 50 m butterfly | 27.38 | 5 Q | 27.38 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 1:01.17 | 10 Q | 1:00.34 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Alison Fitch | 50 m freestyle | 26.11 | 6 Q | 26.09 | 7 Q | Disqualified | |
| 100 m freestyle | 56.18 | 6 Q | 56.06 | 6 Q | Did not start | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:01.69 | 10 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Melissa Ingram | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.60 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m backstroke | 1:03.16 | 8 Q | 1:03.10 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:12.34 | 2 Q | 2:13.09 | 6 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Hannah McLean | 50 m backstroke | 29.36 | 4 Q | 28.98 | 4 Q | 28.89 | 4 |
| 100 m backstroke | 1:02.52 | 4 Q | 1:02.46 | 4 Q | 1:01.71 | 4 | ||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:14.37 | 5 Q | 2:12.47 | |||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Helen Norfolk | 100 m freestyle | 57.59 | 15 Q | 57.10 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 200 m individual medley | 2:16.93 | 4 Q | 2:16.49 | 5 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:51.46 | 4 Q | 4:48.09 | 5 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Georgina Toomey | 50 m freestyle | 27.46 | =18 | Did not advance | |||
| 50 m butterfly | 27.74 | 13 Q | 27.71 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 1:03.13 | 12 Q | 1:02.75 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Lauren Boyle Alison Fitch Hannah McLean Helen Norfolk | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:43.49 | 4 | |||||
| Lauren Boyle Alison Fitch Melissa Ingram Helen Norfolk | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:02.20 | ||||||
| Annabelle Carey Elizabeth Coster Alison Fitch Hannah McLean | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 4:06.30 | 4 | |||||
Head coach: Kevin Towns
Head coach: Ian Rutledge
Head coach: Peter Belliss
(incomplete)
* – athletes with known injuries at time of selection who are required to prove full fitness by 15 January 2006.