Olympic flag bearer for New Zealand

New Zealand at the Olympics

IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
Medals	Gold 46 Silver 28 Bronze 44 Total 118
Summer appearances
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Australasia (1908 · 1912)

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.

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.