nz_flag.jpg NZ is not to host the commonwealth games. Photo: fileThe 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. 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: Otago Daily Times March 14, 2017 05:15 UTC