New Zealand competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

The following is the list of number of competitors who participated at the Championships per discipline.

New Zealand entered 10 artistic swimmers.

Women

Mixed

New Zealand entered 9 divers.^[1]

Men

Women

Mixed

New Zealand entered 1 male high diver.^[2]

New Zealand entered 16 swimmers.^[3]

Men

Women

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Caitlin Deans	1500 metre freestyle	16:24.56	16	—		Did not advance
Chelsey Edwards	100 metre freestyle	56.04	29	Did not advance
Erika Fairweather	200 metre freestyle	1:57.36	10 Q	1:56.87	11	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:03.07	5 Q	—		3:59.59
	800 metre freestyle	8:21.06	3 Q	—		8:28.21	8
Helena Gasson	100 metre backstroke	1:00.83	19	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	26.29	17	Did not advance
Hazel Ouwehand	50 metre butterfly	26.57	24	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	59.81	26	Did not advance
Eve Thomas	400 metre freestyle	4:11.33	20	—		Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	8:31.72	12	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:24.88	17	—		Did not advance
Monique Wieruszowski	50 metre breaststroke
Caitlin Deans Erika Fairweather Summer Osborne Eve Thomas	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:00.11	11	—		Did not advance

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Mixed

Summary

More information Team, Event ...

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
New Zealand	Women's tournament	Japan W 17–16	Canada L 11–13	Hungary L 5–23	3 QP	Italy L 7–14	—	Israel L 12–15	South Africa W 25–6	11

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Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the New Zealand roster.^[4]

Head coach: Angela Winstanley-Smith

• 1 Jessica Milicich GK
• 2 Emily Nicholson FP
• 3 Bernadette Doyle FP
• 4 Libby Gault FP
• 5 Gabrielle Milicich FP
• 6 Aggie Weston FP
• 7 Emmerson Houghton FP
• 8 Katie McKenty FP
• 9 Sophie Shorter-Robinson FP
• 10 Gabriella MacDonald FP
• 11 Kaitlin Howarth FP
• 12 Millie Quin FP
• 13 Samantha Bright GK
• Isabelle Jackson FP

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	0	60	36	+24	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	40	34	+6	6	Playoffs
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	0	2	33	52	−19	3
4	Japan (H)	3	0	0	0	3	49	60	−11	0

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Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host

16 July 2023 19:00	Report	New Zealand	17–16	Japan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
		Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 4–5, 4–3
		Doyle 5	Goals	Ura 5

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18 July 2023 16:00	Report	Canada	13–11	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 7–4, 1–3, 3–0, 2–4
		La Roche 3	Goals	Howarth 4

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20 July 2023 12:00	Report	New Zealand	5–23	Hungary	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Marta Cabanas (ESP),
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 0–3, 2–9, 0–5
		Doyle, Houghton 2	Goals	Szilágyi 5

Playoffs

22 July 2023 17:00	Report	Italy	14–7	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 6–2, 1–3, 3–1
		Bettini 3	Goals	Doyle 2

9–12th place semifinals

24 July 2023 12:00	Report	Israel	15–12	New Zealand	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 5–3, 5–2, 2–6
		Strugo 4	Goals	Houghton, Nicholson 3

Eleventh place game

26 July 2023 09:00	Report	New Zealand	25–6	South Africa	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 7–0, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
		Houghton 7	Goals	Meecham, Versfeld 2