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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = NZL
| NOCname = [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]]
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 2006
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|www.olympic.org.nz }}
| location = [[Turin]]
| competitors = 18
| sports = 5
| flagbearer = [[Sean Becker]] (opening and closing)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664
|title=Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony
|access-date=Mar 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726
|title=Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony
|access-date=Mar 30, 2009}}</ref>
| rank = 
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1952
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = {{flagIOC|ANZ}} ([[Australasia at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] · [[Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]])
}}

'''[[New Zealand]]''' competed at the '''[[2006 Winter Olympics]]''' in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].

The nation sent its largest team ever to the games with 18 athletes, 7 more than in Salt Lake City in 2002. New Zealand has only won a single [[Winter Olympics]] medal, a silver medal in [[1992 Winter Olympics|Albertville]].

==Alpine skiing ==

{{main|Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}

New Zealand's top finisher in alpine skiing, [[Mickey Ross]], survived a fall in the first run of the men's slalom to record a 31st-place finish.<ref>{{cite web
| title       =NZ Eye Medals at 2010 Winter Games
| url         = http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-nz-eye-medals-2010-winter-games-/2006/02/26/1407598.htm
| publisher   = TMC News
| date = February 27, 2006
| access-date  = July 7, 2009
}}</ref><ref name=AlpineSkiing>{{cite web
| title       = Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing
| url         = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf
| work        = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher   = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| access-date  = July 7, 2009
}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<ref name=AlpineSkiing/>
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="5"|Final
|-
!Run 1
!Run 2
!Run 3
!Total
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Nicola Campbell]]
|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|Women's giant slalom]]
|colspan=5 align="center"|did not finish
|-
|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|Women's slalom]]
|align="center"|45.90
|align="center"|50.92
|align="center"|n/a
|align="center"|1:36.82
|align="center"|35
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Erika McLeod]]
|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom|Women's giant slalom]]
|colspan=5 align="center"|did not finish
|-
|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom|Women's slalom]]
|align="center"|47.96
|align="center"|52.61
|align="center"|n/a
|align="center"|1:40.57
|align="center"|40
|-
|[[Mickey Ross]]
|[[Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom|Men's slalom]]
|align="center"|1:03.30
|align="center"|54.50
|align="center"|n/a
|align="center"|1:57.80
|align="center"|31
|}

==Bobsleigh ==

{{main|Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}

The New Zealand team did not compete in the four-man bobsleigh due to injuries from a training run.<ref name="TVNZKiwiTeamOut">{{cite news |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411749/666057 |title=Kiwi team out after crash |date=February 24, 2006 |work=[[Television New Zealand]] |access-date=October 30, 2011}}</ref> [[Mathew Dallow]] and [[Alan Henderson (bobsleigh pilot)|Alan Henderson]] did compete in the two-man event, but did not qualify for the final run.<ref name=Bobsleigh>{{cite web
| title       = Torino 2006 Official Report - Bobsleigh
| url         = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Bobsleigh.pdf
| work        = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher   = LA84 Foundation
| date=March 2009
| access-date  = July 7, 2009
}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<ref name=Bobsleigh/>
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="6"|Final
|-
!Run 1
!Run 2
!Run 3
!Run 4
!Total
!Rank
|-
|[[Mathew Dallow]]<br/>[[Alan Henderson (bobsleigh)|Alan Henderson]]
|[[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Two-man|Two-man]]
|align="center"|56.61
|align="center"|56.79
|align="center"|57.46
|colspan=2 align="center"|did not advance
|align="center"|23
|-
|[[Mathew Dallow]]<br/>Steve Harrison<br/>[[Alan Henderson (bobsleigh)|Alan Henderson]]<br/>[[Aaron Orangi]]
|[[Bobsleigh at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Four-man|Four-man]]
|colspan=6 align="center"|did not start
|}

==Curling ==

{{main|Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}

The New Zealand national men's team qualified for the games after placing 8th at the [[2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|2005 World Championships]]. The team heading to Turin was skipped by Sean Becker, out of [[Ranfurly, New Zealand|Ranfurly]] CC. The New Zealand men's team is the first team from the southern hemisphere to compete in curling as an official sport at the Olympics. [[Australia at the Winter Olympics#Team ice sports|Australia]] had previously competed in curling at the Olympics, but that was as a demonstration sport.

Sean Becker's rink twice lost games late, including giving up two in the final end to fall to the eventual silver medalists from Finland. However, these were the only bright spots for the New Zealand side, which finished the round robin in last place, without a victory.<ref name=Curling>{{cite web
| title       = Torino 2006 Official Report - Curling
| url         = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Curling.pdf
| work        = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher   = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| access-date  = July 7, 2009
}}</ref>

===Men's===

{{main|Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Men's}}

Team: [[Sean Becker]] (skip), [[Hans Frauenlob]], [[Dan Mustapic]], [[Lorne Depape]], [[Warren Dobson]] (alternate)

;Round Robin
;Draw 1
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker)
| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| | 3
| team2 = {{flagIOC|SWE|2006 Winter}} (Lindholm) {{X}}
| 0| 0| 1| 0| 3| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| | 6
}};Draw 2
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|GBR|2006 Winter}} (Murdoch) {{X}}
| 0| 1| 4| 0| 0| 0| 3| 0| 2| X| | 9
| team2 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker)
| 1| 0| 0| 0| 2| 1| 0| 1| 0| X| | 5
}};Draw 3
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|USA|2006 Winter}} (Fenson)
| 0| 2| 2| 0| 2| 1| 0| 3| X| X| | 10
| team2 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker) {{X}}
| 2| 0| 0| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| X| X| | 4
}};Draw 4
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|FIN|2006 Winter}} (Uusipaavalniemi) {{X}}
| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| 0| 2| | 6
| team2 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker)
| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| | 5
}};Draw 6
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|SUI|2006 Winter}} (Stöckli) {{X}}
| 2| 0| 0| 0| 2| 0| 1| 3| 0| 1| | 9
| team2 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker)
| 0| 2| 0| 1| 0| 2| 0| 0| 2| 0| | 7
}};Draw 8
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker)
| 0| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 0| 1| 1| 0| 5
| team2 = {{flagIOC|ITA|2006 Winter}} (Retornaz) {{X}}
| 0| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| 1| 6
}};Draw 10
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|NOR|2006 Winter}} (Trulsen)
| 0| 2| 0| 0| 3| 0| 1| 0| 2| 1| | 9
| team2 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker) {{X}}
| 1| 0| 1| 0| 0| 2| 0| 2| 0| 0| | 6
}};Draw 11
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker) {{X}}
| 0| 0| 0| 0| 1| 0| 0| X| X| X| | 1
| team2 = {{flagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter}} (Gushue)
| 1| 1| 0| 1| 0| 3| 3| X| X| X| | 9
}};Draw 12
{{ Curlingbox
| team1 = {{flagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}} (Becker)
| 0| 1| 0| 0| 0| 0| X| X| X| X| | 1
| team2 = {{flagIOC|GER|2006 Winter}} (Kapp) {{X}}
| 2| 0| 3| 2| 2| 1| X| X| X| X| | 10
}}

;Standings
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!width=25|Rank
!width=150|Team
!width=150|Skip
!width=60|Won
!width=60|Lost
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|1
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|FIN|2006 Winter}} 
|align=left|[[Markku Uusipaavalniemi]]
|7||2
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|2
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|CAN|2006 Winter}}
|align=left|[[Brad Gushue]]
|6||3
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|3
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|USA|2006 Winter}} 
|align=left|[[Pete Fenson]]
|6||3
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|4
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|GBR|2006 Winter}}
|align=left|[[David Murdoch]]
|6||3
|-
|5
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|NOR|2006 Winter}} 
|align=left|[[Pål Trulsen]]
|5||4
|-
|6
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|SUI|2006 Winter}} 
|align=left|[[Ralph Stockli]]
|5||4
|-
|7
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|ITA|2006 Winter}} 
|align=left|[[Joel Retornaz]]
|4||5
|-
|8
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|SWE|2006 Winter}}
|align=left|[[Peter Lindholm]]
|3||6
|-
|9
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|GER|2006 Winter}}
|align=left|[[Andy Kapp]]
|3||6
|-
|10
|align=left|{{FlagIOC|NZL|2006 Winter}}
|align=left|[[Sean Becker]]
|0||9
|}

==Skeleton ==

{{main|Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}

Skeleton provided New Zealand with its two best finishes in Turin, including its only top-10, from Ben Sandford. Sandford had the fifth fastest second run, but his slower first run left him in 10th place.<ref name="Snowboarding">{{cite web
| title       = Torino 2006 Official Report - Skeleton
| url         = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Skeleton.pdf
| work        = Torino Organizing Committee
| publisher   = LA84 Foundation
|date=March 2009
| access-date  = July 7, 2009
}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<ref name="Snowboarding"/>
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="4"|Final
|-
!Run 1
!Run 2
!Total
!Rank
|-
|[[Louise Corcoran]]
|[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's|Women's]]
|align="center"|1:01.06
|align="center"|1:02.03
|align="center"|2:03.09
|align="center"|12
|-
|[[Ben Sandford]]
|[[Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's|Men's]]
|align="center"|59.16
|align="center"|58.60
|align="center"|1:57.76
|align="center"|10
|}

==Snowboarding ==

{{main|Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics}}

All three New Zealand snowboarders in Turin competed in the halfpipe, with [[Juliane Bray]] being the closest to qualifying for the final, finishing 16th overall. Bray also entered the snowboard cross, but was unable to qualify for the knockout rounds.<ref name="Snowboarding"/>

;Halfpipe
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete<ref name=Snowboarding/>
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualifying Run 1
!colspan="2"|Qualifying Run 2
!colspan="3"|Final
|-
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Run 1
!Run 2
!Rank
|-
|[[Juliane Bray]]
|[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe|Women's halfpipe]]
|align="center"|17.1
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|32.2
|align="center"|10
|colspan=2 align="center"|did not advance
|align="center"|16
|-
|[[Kendall Brown (snowboarder)|Kendall Brown]]
|[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's halfpipe|Women's halfpipe]]
|align="center"|22.9
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|22.4
|align="center"|18
|colspan=2 align="center"|did not advance
|align="center"|24
|-
|[[Mitchell Brown (snowboarder)|Mitchell Brown]]
|[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe|Men's halfpipe]]
|align="center"|16.3
|align="center"|33
|align="center"|28.3
|align="center"|19
|colspan=2 align="center"|did not advance
|align="center"|25
|}

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

;Snowboard Cross
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualifying
!1/8 Finals
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Finals
|-
!Time
!Rank
!Position
!Position
!Position
!Position
!Rank
|-
|[[Juliane Bray]]
|[[Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's snowboard cross|Women's snowboard cross]]
|align="center"|1:34.45
|align="center"|20
|colspan=4 align="center"|did not advance
|align="center"|20
|}

==Flag bearer==
Sean Becker, the captain of New Zealand's curling team, carried the flag for the New Zealand team in both the opening and closing ceremonies. There was some controversy about the later of these, as the position of closing ceremony flag bearer is usually reserved for the best-performed competitor from the country and the curling team had finished last in their competition.

Traditionally the New Zealand team flag bearer at an Olympic games wears a blessed [[Māori culture|Māori]] cloak called the Kotahu.

==See also==
* [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]]
* [[New Zealand Olympic medallists]]
* [[Sport in New Zealand]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/torino2006/athletes?lname=all&country=nzl |date=* |title=Yahoo! Sports – 2006 Winter Olympics – New Zealand }}

==External links==
* [https://olympic.org.nz New Zealand Olympic Committee]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091218210157/http://www.winterolympics.co.nz/ New Zealand Winter Olympics Team]
* [http://www.snow.co.nz/ Snow Sports New Zealand]
* [http://www.icesports.co.nz/speedskating.htm/ Speed Skating New Zealand]
* [http://www.icesports.co.nz/speedskating.htm/ Skeleton New Zealand]
* [http://www.curling.org.nz/ New Zealand Curling Association]

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