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New Zealand

New Zealand is a small and beautiful country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two large islands (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands, the most notable among which are Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. New Zealand happens to be a prominent participant in the Commonwealth Games.
New Zealand's association with the Commonwealth games can be traced back to as far back as 1930, when it competed for the Commonwealth games for the first time. New Zealand is one of the six countries to have participated in every Commonwealth Games held so far.

In 2002 Commonwealth Games, New Zealand won silver in both mens' and womens' basketball, silver in mens' hockey, bronze in womens' hockey, 1 gold and 2 silvers in womens' netball, 3 golds in mens' rugby. 2006 Commonwealth Games was significant for New Zealand in that the country sent the largest team of participants to the Games, comprising of 255 athletes who took part in 19 events.
New Zealand had put up an admirable performance in the 2006 Commonwealth games. However, the world expected much better performance from them, which the country fell short of. In fact, New Zealand exhibited the poorest performance in 2006 Commonwealth games since 1982. New Zealand managed to bag 31 medals in total and finished ninth in the 2006 Commonwealth games.

New Zealand six gold medals, in the categories of:

Athletics
Netball
Rugby Sevens
Shooting
Swimming

New Zealand won silver in:

Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Cycling
Shooting
Squash
Swimming
Triathlon

New Zealand bagged bronze medals in the following events:

Athletics
Cycling
Lawn Bowls
Shooting
Squash
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Triathlon
Weight-lifting

New Zealand had also sent participants to take part in categories like Boxing, Hockey, Gymnastics, Rugby and Table Tennis.
New Zealand is one of the 71 countries/ Commonwealth members participating in the 2010 Commonwealth games to be held in New Delhi, India.
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