New Zealand at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 217 competitors and 80 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Kuala Lumpur, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was cyclist Graeme Miller, and at the closing ceremony was weightlifter Darren Liddel. The New Zealand team finished sixth on the medal table, winning a total of 34 medals, 8 of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
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The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the Games according to gender and sport.
New Zealand named the below squad for the tournament.
With a team captained by Belinda Colling and coached by Yvonne Willering, New Zealand finished as silver medallists in the netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, losing 42âÂÂ39 to Australia in the final. In the group stages, they won all five of their matches and in the semi-finals they defeated England 70âÂÂ30.
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