List of flag bearers for New Zealand at the Olympics


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 David Aspin are the only New Zealand Olympians to have carried the flag at two different Olympic opening ceremonies.

Te Mahutonga cloak

This is 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 constellation of the Southern Cross.

Opening ceremony flagbearers

competed under New Zealand Olympic Committee flag

Closing ceremony flagbearers

YearSeasonFlag bearerSport
2018WinterSnowboarding
2016SummerCanoe sprint
2014WinterFreestyle skiing
2012SummerRowing
2010WinterSkeleton
2008SummerRowing
2006WinterCurling
2004SummerCycling
2002WinterAlpine skiing
2000SummerRowing
1998WinterLuge
1996SummerSwimming
1992SummerSailboarding
1988SummerSailboarding