First Gold for NZ: Commonwealth Games
{{date|March 17, 2006}}
{{New Zealand}} 
[[w:Moss Burmester|Moss Burmester]] won the first gold medal for [[w:New Zealand|New Zealand]] in the 2006 [[w:Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], in [[w:Melbourne|Melbourne]] yesterday. Burmester carried on the NZ tradition of winning the final of the [[w:Butterfly_stroke|200m men's butterfly]]. His winning time was 1min 56.64 sec., a best by 0.25 sec., putting him in the top ten in the world.

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/thepress/0,2106,3606412a6427,00.html
|title=Burmester wins New Zealand's first gold
|author=Kevin Tutty
|pub=The Press
|date=17 March, 2006}}

== See Also ==
[[2006 Commonwealth Games open in Melbourne]]

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[[zh:第九届英联邦运动会产生首枚金牌]]
Moss Burmester won the first gold medal for New Zealand in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, in Melbourne yesterday. Burmester carried on the NZ tradition of winning the final of the 200m men's butterfly. His winning time was 1min 56.64 sec., a best by 0.25 sec., putting him in the top ten in the world.

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category:New Zealand
category:Commonwealth Games
category:Sports