This is a list of flag bearers who have represented New Zealand at the Olympics.New Zealand. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
Flag bearers carry the New Zealand flag and, since 2004, wear Te Māhutonga cloak at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Arthur Porritt, Stuart Blakely and David Aspin are the only New Zealand Olympians to have carried the flag at two different Olympic opening ceremonies.
Te Māhutonga cloak This is worn by New Zealand's Olympic flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Māori feather cloak is a traditional textile that offers the distinguished wearer additional mana through its connection with the previous sportspeople who have worn it. It was first worn to the games by Beatrice Faumuina at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games after being presented by the Māori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu in a ceremony where it also adorned some of the previous flag bearers including Harold Nelson, Ian Ferguson, Mark Todd, Barbara Kendall and Blyth Tait. Te Māhutonga translates from Māori to represent the constellation of the Southern Cross.
Opening ceremony flag bearers
Summer Olympics Event year Flag bearer SportRef 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam 1932 Los Angeles 1936 Berlin 1948 London 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich David Aspin 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
Flag bearers by sport +NumberSportOlympics101920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1960, 1964, 1984, 2004, 201241996, 2016, 202421956, 20241932, 20081992, 20001972, 19761952, 196812020202019881980
Winter Olympics Event year Flag bearer SportRef 1952 Oslo Team assistant manager 1960 Squaw Valley 1968 Grenoble 1972 Sapporo Team manager 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 1992 Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina
Flag bearers by sport +NumberSportOlympics71960, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 202232018, 2022, 202622010, 20261992, 201412006200219981994
Closing ceremony flag bearers
Summer Olympics Year Flag bearer SportRef 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing Caroline Evers-Swindell Georgina Evers-Swindell 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris Lisa Carrington
Flag bearers by sport NumberSportOlympics42000, 2008, 201232016, 202421988, 19921202020041996
Winter Olympics Year Flag bearer SportRef 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina Luca Harrington
Flag bearers by sport NumberSportOlympics32014, 2022, 2026120182002201020061998
See also New Zealand at the Olympics List of flag bearers for Australasia at the Olympics
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