New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 142 competitors and 33 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Warwick Nicholl. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 35 medals, nine of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables
New Zealand was fourth on the medal table in 1974, with a total of 35 medals, including nine gold.

Competitors
The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

New Zealanders Jane and Rebecca Perrott swam for Fiji at the games, as their father was Registrar at the University of the South Pacific. At 12½ years, Rebecca was the youngest competitor at the games.

Combined

 * Men's decathlon


 * Women's pentathlon

Road

 * Men's road race

Track

 * Men's 1000 m sprint


 * Men's tandem 2000 m sprint


 * Men's 1 km time trial


 * Men's 4000 m pursuit


 * Men's 10 miles scratch race

Officials

 * Team manager – Bill Holley
 * Team assistant manager – Alf Haslett
 * Team doctor – Graeme Campbell
 * Chaperone – B. Baxter
 * Physiotherapist – Peter Stokes
 * Athletics
 * Section manager – Johnny Borland
 * Section assistant manager – Dave Leech
 * Section women's manager – P. A. Munro
 * Chief coach – Frank Sharpley
 * No. 2 coach – Russ Hoggard
 * No. 3 coach – Arthur Lydiard
 * Boxing
 * Section manager – C. Scott
 * Trainer – Les Rackley
 * Assistant trainer – R. J. Elley
 * Cycling
 * Section manager – D. B. Smith
 * Coach – Wayne Thorpe
 * Shooting section manager – C. W. Stott
 * Swimming
 * Section manager – Dave Gerrard
 * Chief coach – Duncan Laing
 * Wrestling
 * Section manager – K. Scott
 * Coach – Brian Stannett