List of flag bearers for New Zealand at the Olympics

New Zealand at the Olympic Games
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Te Mahutonga Cloak on display at the New Zealand Olympic Museum

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented New Zealand at the Olympics.

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Arthur Porritt, Stuart Blakely and Les Mills are the only New Zealand Olympians to have carried the flag at two different Olympic opening ceremonies.

Te Mahutonga Cloak

Worn by New Zealand’s Olympic Flagbearer at the opening ceremony of Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The Maori feather cloak is a traditional textile that offers the distinguished wearer additional Mana through its connection with the successors 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 Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu in a ceremony where it also adorned some of the previous flagbearer’s including Harold Nelson, Ian Fergusson, Mark Todd, Barbara Kendall and Blyth Tait. Te Mahutonga translates from Maori to represent the The Constellation of the Southern Cross.

Opening Ceremony Flagbearers

#	Event Year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
36	2012	Summer	Nick Willis	Athletics
35	2010	Winter	Juliane Bray	Snowboarding
34	2008	Summer	Mahé Drysdale	Rowing
33	2006	Winter	Sean Becker	Curling
32	2004	Summer	Beatrice Faumuina	Athletics
31	2002	Winter	Angela Paul	Luge
30	2000	Summer	Blyth Tait	Equestrianism
29	1998	Winter	Peter Henry	Bobsleigh
28	1996	Summer	Barbara Kendall	Sailing
27	1994	Winter	Tony Smith	Short track speed skating
26	1992	Summer	Mark Todd	Equestrianism
25	1992	Winter	Chris Nicholson	Speed skating
24	1988	Summer	Ian Ferguson	Canoeing
23	1988	Winter	Simon Wi Rutene	Alpine Skiing
22	1984	Summer	John Walker	Athletics
21	1984	Winter	Markus Hubrich	Alpine skiing
20	1980*	Summer	Brian Newth	Modern pentathlon
19	1980	Winter	Stuart Blakely	Alpine Skiing
18	1976	Summer	David Aspin	Wrestling
17	1976	Winter	Stuart Blakely	Alpine Skiing
16	1972	Summer	Les Mills	Athletics
15	1972	Winter	Alan Ward	Team Manager
14	1968	Summer	Don Oliver	Weightlifting
13	1968	Winter	Thomas Huppert	Alpine Skiing
12	1964	Summer	Peter Snell	Athletics
11	1960	Summer	Les Mills	Athletics
10	1960	Winter	Bill Hunt	Alpine Skiing
9	1956	Summer	Ritchie Johnston	Track Cycling
8	1952	Summer	Harold Cleghorn	Weightlifting
7	1952	Winter	Austin Hayward	Team Assistant Manager
6	1948	Summer	Harry Nelson	Athletics
5	1936	Summer	Jack Lovelock	Athletics
4	1932	Summer	John Macdonald	Rowing
3	1928	Summer	Arthur Porritt	Athletics
2	1924	Summer	Arthur Porritt	Athletics
1	1920	Summer	Harry Wilson	Athletics

• competed under New Zealand Olympic Committee flag

Closing ceremony flagbearers

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#	Season	Flag bearer	Sport
2012	Summer	Mahé Drysdale	Rowing
2010	Winter	Ben Sandford	Skeleton
2008	Summer	Caroline & Georgina Evers-Swindell	Rowing
2004	Summer	Sarah Ulmer	Cycling
2000	Summer	Rob Waddell	Rowing
1998	Winter	Angela Paul	Luge
1996	Summer	Danyon Loader	Swimming
1992	Summer	Barbara Kendall	Sailboarding
1988	Summer	Bruce Kendall	Sailboarding

See also

• New Zealand at the Olympics
• List of flag bearers for Australasia at the Olympics