List of flag bearers for New Zealand at the Olympics
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This is a list of flag bearers who have represented New Zealand at the Olympics.[1]
Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
Arthur Porritt and David Aspin are the only New Zealand Olympians to have carried the flag at two different Olympics.
Te Mahutonga Cloak
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 The Constellation of the Southern Cross.
See also
References
- ^ New Zealand. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/7360128/Nick-Willis-named-NZs-London-Olympics-flagbearer
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/winter-olympics/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502901&objectid=10625777