New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 224 competitors and 61 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Auckland, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was swimmer Anthony Mosse, and at the closing ceremony was cyclist Gary Anderson. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 58 medals, 17 of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Medal tables
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Women's high jump Boxing Men's super heavyweight Cycling – track Men's individual pursuit Cycling – track Men's scratch race Nigel DonnellyGlen McLeayStuart Williams Cycling – track Men's team pursuit Graeme MillerIan RichardsGavin Stevens Cycling – road Men's team time trial Cycling – track Women's individual pursuit Cycling – road Men's road race Gymnastics Women's vault Gymnastics Women's rope Judo Men's half lightweight Marie Watson Lawn bowls Women's pairs Tony Clarke Shooting Open 10 m running target pairs Shooting Open 50 m rifle prone Stephen Petterson Shooting Open 50 m rifle prone pairs Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke Athletics Women's 10 km walk Athletics Men's decathlon Cycling – track Men's 1 km time trial Cycling – track Men's points race Cycling – road Men's road race Judo Women's half middleweight Judo Men's half middleweight Adrienne LambertLyn McLeanRhoda Ryan Lawn bowls Women's fours Lawn bowls Women's singles Greg Yelavich Shooting Open centre-fire pistol pairs Shooting Open 50 m rifle prone Greg Yelavich Shooting Open free pistol pairs Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Women's 10,000 m Athletics Men's 1500 m Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Men's pole vault Boxing Men's light heavyweight Boxing Men's light middleweight Cycling – track Men's 1 km time trial Cycling – track Men's sprint Cycling – track Women's sprint Diving Women's 3 m springboard Gymnastics Women's hoop Gymnastics Women's ribbon Gymnastics Women's all-around Gymnastics Women's ball Gymnastics Women's ribbon Judo Women's heavyweight Judo Men's heavyweight Maurice Symes Lawn bowls Men's pairs Stewart McConnellPeter ShawPhil Skoglund Lawn bowls Men's fours Shooting Open 10 m running target John Woolley Shooting Open skeet pairs Greg Yelavich Shooting Open 10 m air pistol pairs Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Anthony MosseJohn SteelRichard Tapper Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Sharon HanleyPhillippa LangrellLinda Robinson Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Triathlon was a demonstration event, and was won by Erin Baker (women) and Rick Wells (men), both from New Zealand. |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSportTotal Cycling 63312 Shooting 3339 Swimming 2237 Gymnastics 2057 Judo 1225 Lawn bowls 1225 Athletics 1269 Boxing 1023 Diving 0011 Total17142758
Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 8 6 1327 Female 6 5 1122 Mixed / open 3 3 39 Total 17 14 2758
Competitors The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the Games according to gender and sport. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 49 36 85Badminton 5 5 10Boxing 8 8Cycling 16 6 22Diving 1 3 4Gymnastics 4 7 11Judo 5 6 11Lawn bowls 7 7 14Shooting 17 1 18Swimming 19 13 32Synchronised swimming 2 2Weightlifting 7 7 Total 138 86 224
Athletics
Track and road
Field
Combined Men's decathlon Athlete100 mLong jumpShot putHigh jump400 m110 m hurdlesDiscus throwPole vaultJavelin throw1500 mOverall pointsRankPeter Henry 11.28 7.05 m 12.95 m 1.93 m 51.38 15.29 39.40 m 4.00 m 51.26 m 4:53.30 7071 pts 10Terry Lomax 11.50 6.81 m 11.36 m 2.05 m 51.76 15.17 38.62 m 4.00 m 47.32 m 4:45.24 6955 pts 11Simon Poelman 10.97 7.62 m 15.64 m 2.05 m 51.13 14:45 44.72 m 4.60 m 57.36 m 4:26.59 8207 pts Sources:
Women's heptathlon Athlete100 m hurdlesShot putHigh jump200 mLong jumpJavelin throw800 mOverall pointsRankJoanne Henry 14.53 11.04 m 1.76 m 25.10 6.20 m 37.40 m 2:12.64 5764 pts 5 Cassandra Kelly 13.99 10.86 m 1.67 m 25.29 5.71 m 24.88 m 2:17.45 5244 pts 9 Lyn Osmers 15.37 10.98 m 1.73 m 26.43 5.85 m 39.90 m 2:28.25 5222 pts 10 Sources:
Badminton
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Danny Masterson Bantamweight L Did not advance Dave Wickenden Lightweight L Did not advance Nuka Wood Light welterweight L Did not advance Danny Morris Welterweight L Did not advance Andy Creery Light middleweight W W L Did not advance Michael Bell Middleweight W L Did not advance Nigel Anderson Light heavyweight W W L Did not advance Michael Kenny Super heavyweight W W W
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRank Brian Fowler Men's road race 4:34:00.39 Sally Fraser Women's road race 1:55:16.34 11 Madonna Harris Women's road race 1:55:12.23 4 Stewart Imrie Men's road race Kathy Lynch Women's road race 1:55:14.25 9 Sue Matthews Women's road race 2:01:42.22 13 Graeme Miller Men's road race 4:34:00.19 Ian Richards Men's road race 4:36:23.41 16 Brian FowlerGraeme MillerIan RichardsGavin Stevens Men's team time trial 2:06:46.55 Sources:
Track
Diving
AthleteEventPointsRankNicky CooneyWomen's 1 m springboard 388.14 8Women's 3 m springboard 457.29 Ginine FlynnWomen's 10 m platform 314.34 7Tania PatersonWomen's 3 m springboard 369.06 11Women's 10 m platform 329.16 6Tony YoungMen's 1 m springboard 424.11 11Men's 3 m springboard 389.31 13 Sources:
Gymnastics
Judo
Lawn bowls
Shooting
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRank Ross Anderson Men's 100 m butterfly 55.77 6 Q 55.58 7 Men's 200 m butterfly 2:01.93 5 Q 2:01.83 7 Men's 200 m freestyle 1:52.82 9 Did not advance Danielle Bates Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:14.37 10 Did not advance Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:41.04 11 Did not advance Tim Bowen Men's 200 m backstroke 2:08.76 12 Did not advance Michelle Burke Women's 100 m butterfly 1:05.43 14 Did not advance Women's 50 m freestyle 27.12 11 Did not advance Women's 100 m freestyle 58.90 23 Did not advance Women's 200 m freestyle 2:05.97 11 Did not advance Peter Doig Men's 100 m backstroke 2:06.35 7 Q 2:08.33 8 Grant Forbes Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.89 12 Did not advance Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:23.53 11 Did not advance Craig Ford Men's 400 m individual medley 4:33.02 13 Did not advance Brent Foster Men's 200 m individual medley 2:10.66 15 Did not advance Men's 400 m individual medley 4:36.31 17 Did not advance Sharon Hanley Women's 200 m butterfly 2:19.61 10 Did not advance Women's 100 m freestyle 59.02 24 Did not advance Women's 200 m freestyle 2:08.06 14 Did not advance Toni Jeffs Women's 50 m freestyle 26.78 7 Q 26.68 8 Women's 100 m freestyle 58.39 7 Q 57.82 5 Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 56.98 2 Q 57.07 Men's 200 m backstroke 2:03.06 1 Q 2:01.86 Phillippa Langrell Women's 200 m butterfly 2:19.39 9 Did not advance Women's 400 m freestyle 4:18.83 5 Q 4:15.64 4 Women's 800 m freestyle 8:47.90 4 Q 8:37.80 4 Danyon Loader Men's 400 m freestyle 4:05.90 14 Did not advance Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:50.01 12 Did not advance Richard Lockhart Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.05 10 Did not advance Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:23.46 10 Did not advance Meg Luff Women's 50 m freestyle 27.97 17 Did not advance Bryce Milsom Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:07.44 14 Did not advance Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:28.93 14 Did not advance Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 55.13 4 Q 54.60 4 Men's 200 m butterfly 2:00.62 1 Q 1:57.33 John Munro Men's 200 m butterfly 2:04.51 11 Did not advance Men's 200 m individual medley 2:07.39 12 Did not advance Men's 400 m individual medley 4:27.29 3 Q 4:25.49 6 Sharon Musson Women's 100 m backstroke 1:05.60 8 Q 1:05.26 8 Women's 200 m backstroke 2:18.96 7 Q 2:19.09 8 Simon Percy Men's 100 m backstroke 58.39 7 Q 57.89 5 Byron Reid Men's 100 m freestyle 52.64 13 Did not advance Linda Robinson Women's 400 m freestyle 4:20.56 5 Q 4:18.69 5 Women's 200 m individual medley 2:23.09 9 Did not advance Women's 400 m individual medley 4:55.02 7 Q 4:52.66 7 Monique Rodahl Women's 100 m backstroke 1:06.18 10 Did not advance Women's 200 m backstroke 2:21.42 12 Did not advance Women's 100 m butterfly 1:04.73 11 Did not advance Women's 200 m individual medley 2:23.49 11 Did not advance Fiona Ross Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:16.05 14 Did not advance Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:41.08 12 Did not advance Michaela Ross Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:15.14 11 Did not advance Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:38.02 8 Q 2:38.05 8 Women's 400 m individual medley 4:57.39 8 Q 4:57.03 8 Nick Sanders Men's 50 m freestyle 23.58 6 Q 23.41 6 Men's 200 m individual medley 2:07.33 10 Did not advance Anna Simcic Women's 100 m backstroke 1:03.89 2 Q 1:02.55 Women's 200 m backstroke 2:15.88 1 Q 2:12.32 Women's 100 m butterfly 1:04.08 9 Did not advance John Steel Men's 100 m butterfly 55.94 8 Q 55.42 6 Men's 50 m freestyle 24.15 13 Did not advance Men's 100 m freestyle 51.68 6 Q 51.17 5 Men's 200 m freestyle 1:52.61 8 Q 1:53.20 8 Richard Tapper Men's 200 m freestyle 1:53.16 11 Did not advance Men's 400 m freestyle 3:58.12 8 Q 4:01.11 8 Kirk Torrance Men's 100 m backstroke 59.38 16 Did not advance Mark Weldon Men's 50 m freestyle 24.23 15 Did not advance Men's 100 m freestyle 52.46 12 Did not advance Nichola West Women's 200 m butterfly 2:18.00 8 Q 2:17.93 8 Women's 200 m individual medley 2:22.60 8 Q 2:22.73 8 Women's 400 m individual medley 4:58.58 10 Did not advance Byron ReidJohn SteelMark WeldonNick Sanders Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay colspan=2 3:25.55 4 Richard TapperJohn SteelAnthony MosseRoss Anderson Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 7:30.10 Anthony MosseJohn SteelPaul KingsmanRichard Lockhart Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay colspan=2 3:45.30 4 Toni JeffsMichelle BurkeMeg LuffSharon Hanley Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay colspan=2 3:52.70 4 Linda RobinsonMichelle BurkePhillippa LangrellSharon Hanley Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 8:22.60 Anna SimcicDanielle BatesMonique RodahlToni Jeffs Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay colspan=2 4:20.35 4
Synchronised swimming
AthleteEventPointsRank Mandy Zukerman Women's solo 157.030 4 Lizzie BurslemMandy Zukerman Women's duet 156.945 4 Sources:
Weightlifting
Athlete Event Snatch Clean and jerk Total Rank Phillip Chappell Bantamweight 122.5 kg 92.5 kg 215.0 kg 6 Shane Judson Bantamweight 112.5 kg 90.0 kg 202.5 kg 7 Thomas McIntyre Lightweight 145.0 kg 112.5 kg 257.5 kg 8 Lester Keene Lightweight 135.0 kg 112.5 kg 247.5 kg 9 Michael Foo Chong Light heavyweight 160.0 kg 122.5 kg 282.5 8 Allister Nalder Light heavyweight 167.5 kg 140.0 kg 307.5 kg 6 Kevin Blake Middle heavyweight 175.0 kg 140.0 kg 315.0 kg 5
Officials Team manager – Graeme McCabe Deputy team manager – Tony Popplewell Assistant team manager – Merle Jonson Administration – Cathryn Kerr, Catherine McLauchlan, Graeme Steel Director of medical services – Richard Edmond Team doctors – Tony Edwards, Chris Milne, Wayne Morris Chief physiotherapist – Ian Sim Physiotherapists – Jane Bradshaw, Marion Thogersen, Chris McCullough, Duncan Reid Masseurs – Shirley Calvert, Bruce Towart Athletics Section manager – Sylvia Potts Administration assistant – Karen Petley Chief coach – Kerry Hill Relay coach – Jeff Bailey Sprint coach – John Hunt Distance coaches – Bruce Milne, Arthur Lydiard Jumps coach – Doug McClymount Throws coach – Mene Mane Badminton Section manager – Chris Bullen Coach – Martin Andersen Bowls Section managers – Stan Sear, Joyce Osborne Men's coach – John Murtagh Boxing Section manager – Nuki Johnson Coaches – Peter Bell, John McKay Cycling Section manager – Gordon Sharrock Road coach – Garry Bell