New Zealand Olympic Committee - Latest News [Page 2]
Selemaia And Ouwehand Receive 2025 Yvette Williams Scholarships
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Both athletes represent the future of New Zealand sport and their stories are both compelling and ambitious. More >>
Commonwealth Sport Has Revealed The Official Session Schedule For The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Friday, 1 August 2025, 9:09 am | New Zealand Olympic Committee
From 23 July to 2 August, the Glasgow 2026 Games will bring together 3,000 athletes from 74 nations and territories to compete across 10 sports and six Para sports, with more than 200 medals to be won in 50 medal sessions. More >>
Liti And Patolo Named NZ Team Flag Bearers
Sunday, 29 June 2025, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Weightlifters David Liti and Tui-Alofa Patolo are part of a nine-strong weightlifting contingent at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games Games, with five members set to make their New Zealand Team debut. More >>
Kids And Olympians Celebrate Olympic Day Planting Over 1000 Trees
Monday, 23 June 2025, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
The ‘Let’s Move’ campaign highlights themes of‘Move’, ‘Learn’, and ‘Discover’ and aims to inspire young people to be active, explore new ideas, and connect with nature. More >>
Nine Athletes Confirmed For Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
The New Zealand Team will be made up exclusively of weightlifters with Weightlifting New Zealand President, Simon Kent looking forward to a strong showing from the group. More >>
NZOC Present 2024 Annual Report At General Assembly
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 6:11 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Our New Zealand Team athletes inspired the nation with an extraordinary Paris Olympic Games campaign. We saw numerous personal bests and outstanding performances culminating in 20 medals, including a record 10 golds. More >>
NZOC Congratulate Newly Elected IOC President – Kirsty Coventry
Friday, 21 March 2025, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Liz Dawson, NZOC President, congratulated Coventry on her appointment, acknowledging the positive impact she is expected to bring to the IOC and the Olympic movement worldwide. More >>
New Zealand Team Signs Kathmandu As Official Apparel Partner
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 9:47 am | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Kathmandu is the new official apparel partner of the New Zealand Team. The Certified B Corporation signed a four-year initial partnership to provide athletes’ training and village kit along with the Team’s uniforms for the opening, closing, and podium ... More >>
From Field Of Play To The Board Room – Leadership Training For Pacific Female Athletes Underway
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 6:47 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Retired female athletes from American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu have been selected to take part in Wāhine Toa Oceania (Women of Strength in Te Reo Māori) – a women’s leadership training course that will create more ... More >>
Commonwealth Games Medal Event Programme Announced
Friday, 7 February 2025, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Commonwealth athletes will vie for over 200 Gold medals, with Para sport, track cycling, and swimming offering their most extensive medal event programmes in Commonwealth Games history. More >>
NZOC Congratulates Lydia Ko On Damehood
Tuesday, 31 December 2024, 8:17 am | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Dame Lydia is one of New Zealand’s most successful Olympians, having won gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, silver at the Rio 2016 Games and bronze in Tokyo in 2021. More >>
Lydia Ko Awarded Lonsdale Cup For 2024
Friday, 27 December 2024, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
The gold medal win continued Ko’s astonishing record of Olympic success. Ko made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016 where she won silver and hit a hole in one as golf made its return to the Olympic programme. More >>
Nigel Avery Named New Zealand Team Chef de Mission For Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games And LA 2028 Olympic Games
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 9:22 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
A unique leadership role, the New Zealand Team Chef de Mission champions the needs of athletes inside complex and high-performance Games environments. The role ensures the New Zealand Team promotes athlete mana, wellbeing and performance at all times ... More >>
Nigel Avery Named New Zealand Team Chef De Mission For Glasgow 2026 And LA 2028
Tuesday, 26 November 2024, 12:40 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
NZOC CEO Nicki Nicol says the organisation is pleased to reappoint Avery for the 2026 and 2028 Games. “Nigel did a fantastic job as Chef de Mission in Paris and Birmingham and we’re thrilled to have him with us for another two Games,” said ... More >>
Athletes Celebrate Historic Campaigns At New Zealand Team Olympic Gala 2024
Friday, 22 November 2024, 8:07 am | New Zealand Olympic Committee
The New Zealand Team Olympic Gala 2024, held this evening in Auckland, brought together more than 500 athletes, coaches, and supporters for an evening of reflection and celebration. More >>
NZOC Remembers Olympian #166, Marise Chamberlain
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Marise Chamberlain remains New Zealand's only female Olympic track medallist, and for four decades was the fastest New Zealand woman over 800m. She set world records over distances from 440 yards to the mile. More >>
Dame Lisa Carrington Wins ANOC Outstanding Sporting Career Award
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 11:07 am | New Zealand Olympic Committee
The award recognises Dame Lisa’s career to date, and fittingly it comes in another dominant year in which she claimed three gold medals at the Paris Olympic Games (K4, K2, K1). The wins took her total Olympic medal haul to a staggering nine medals, ... More >>
Te Whare O Pou Tangata Mourns Death Of Māori King
Saturday, 14 September 2024, 11:25 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
On behalf of the New Zealand Team, we send our deepest, most heartfelt condolences to his wife Te Makau Ariki, their children and mokopuna, and extend our sympathies to the Kiingitanga movement and te ao Māori at large. More >>
New Zealand Showcased On The World’s Greatest Stage - Success On And Off The Field
Wednesday, 14 August 2024, 7:50 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
Paris 2024 has been simply outstanding for New Zealand. More >>
New Zealand Showcased On The World’s Greatest Stage: Paris 2024 Wrap Up
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Olympic Committee
New Zealand shone at the Paris Olympic Games, showcasing our nation’s international reputation for sport, integrity, and leadership to global audiences. More >>
