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Commonwealth Games: All of New Zealand's medal winners
Take a look back at the New Zealand athletes who made the Birmingham Commonwealth Games our most successful Games in history.
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Recap: All the action as Birmingham brings the Commonwealth Games to a close
9 Aug 2022The Games have drawn to a close as Birmingham ended its 12-day sporting extravaganza with a line-up of performances, including Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula and UB40…
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Birmingham gives Games a rousing send off and new relevance
9 Aug 2022The Birmingham Commonwealth Games reached a high-octane conclusion on Monday by celebrating 11 days of compelling competition and sending the multi-sport event…
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Champion cyclist selected to lead NZ team at closing ceremony
9 Aug 2022History-making cyclist Aaron Gate to carry the flag to Birmingham Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.
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Squash golden girl Joelle King: 'My body was not able but my mind was'
9 Aug 2022Squash star Joelle King helped carry the New Zealand flag in the opening ceremony and she's helped win the country's final medal, a gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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Australia dominates Commonwealth Games
9 Aug 2022Australia finished top of the medal standings at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with 67 gold medals and 178 in total.
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Mental shift helps Silver Ferns snare netball bronze
8 Aug 2022The Silver Ferns' coach says she saw a mental shift in her team when they won bronze at the Commonwealth Games, beating England 55-48.
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Aaron Gate had doubts about winning a fourth gold medal
8 Aug 2022New Zealand cyclist Aaron Gate has picked up his fourth gold medal of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, but had his doubts he could do it.
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A very special one for squash queen Joelle King
8 Aug 2022New Zealand has won a second gold on the penultimate day of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with Paul Coll and Joelle King winning the squash mixed doubles title.
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Commonwealth Games: Coll and King win gold, NZ falls short of volleyball bronze
8 Aug 2022Follow all the action as it happened as cyclist Aaron Gate picked up his fourth gold medal and Paul Coll and Joelle King secured New Zealand's 19th gold of the Games.
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Comm Games: White Ferns take bronze medal
8 Aug 2022The White Ferns have claimed the T20 bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games with an eight-wicket win over England.
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Comm Games: Black Sticks fall just short in bronze match
7 Aug 2022The Black Sticks women have missed out on a medal at the Commonwealth Games with a loss to India in a penalty shootout in the bronze medal match.
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Comm Games: Julia Ratcliffe wins silver in the hammer throw
7 Aug 2022New Zealand's Julia Ratcliffe has won silver in the women's hammer throw at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
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Jamaica spoil Silver Ferns final aspirations - 'They were better than us'
7 Aug 2022Silver Ferns' coach Dame Noeline Taurua says her side simply weren't good enough against a red hot Jamaica, who could go all the way in Birmingham.
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New Zealand win shot put gold and silver at the Commonwealth Games
6 Aug 2022New Zealand thrower Tom Walsh says he is thrilled with the distance he acheived to win the gold medal in the shot put.
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Penalty shootout disappointment for Black Sticks women
6 Aug 2022Black Sticks co-captain Megan Hull says she is proud of her side after it suffered a heart-breaking penalty shootout loss to England in Birmingham.
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Silver Ferns well beaten but remain in contention
5 Aug 2022The Commonwealth Games gold medal is not out of the question as far as Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is concerned.
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White Ferns struggle against England
5 Aug 2022The White Ferns have posted one of their lowest ever totals in a T20 international as they were well beaten by England.
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Time trial bronze for Williams, fourth for Gate
5 Aug 2022Cyclist Georgia Williams has claimed a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in the time trial on the streets of Wolverhampton.
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Ratcliffe keen to hammer home win
5 Aug 2022New Zealand hammer thrower Julia Ratcliffe will defend her Commonwealth Games title after finishing second in her qualifying group in Birmingham.
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NZ athletes respond to the pressure to win
4 Aug 2022Squash player Paul Coll and high jumper Hamish Kerr felt different forms of pressure going into their events at the Commonwealth Games, but both responded to win gold medals.
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Litmus test awaits Silver Ferns in crunch match
4 Aug 2022Some of the Silver Ferns players are still learning on the job and they're about to go up against England who boast around 900 Test caps.
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Mountainbike gold and silver for NZ pair
4 Aug 2022New Zealanders Sam Gaze and Ben Oliver have blitzed the mountain biking cross-country final at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, taking gold and silver in a dominant performance.
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Ten medals in a day: Kerr and Coll secure gold medals
4 Aug 2022Hamish Kerr and Paul Coll have claimed New Zealand's latest gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in the high jump and men's squash singles events.
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Bronze for young pole-vaulter
3 Aug 2022The young New Zealand pole-vaulter Imogen Ayris has won a bronze medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
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King falls short in bronze medal match
4 Aug 2022Defending Commonwealth Games champion Joelle King lost the bronze medal match in Birmingham to England's Sarah Jane Perry.
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Coll into gold medal game, King beaten
3 Aug 2022New Zealander Paul Coll has marched relentlessly into the final of the men's squash tournament at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, beating Saurav Ghosal of India in the semifinals.
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Wesche, Hobbs impress in qualifying
3 Aug 2022Maddi Wesche has cruised into the women's shot put final at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, while sprinter Zoe Hobbs has blitzed into the 100m semifinals.
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