Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playThe Government has ruled out any prospect of New Zealand rescuing the 2022 Commonwealth Games. "We have no intention of taking over the 2022 Commonwealth Games," Coleman said. Two English cities are the early favourites to replace Durban, the only bidder when the 2022 hosting decision was made two years ago. Sport New Zealand, then known as Sparc, conducted a feasibility study into potential future hosting of a Commonwealth Games in 2010. That study looked at whether New Zealand should host the 2018 Games which eventually went to Australia's Gold Coast.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 14, 2017 04:18 UTC