New Zealand in WorldMusic Song Contest

New Zealand can participate in WorldMusic Song Contest 1. This country in Oceania debuted in the first edition.

History
New Zealand was announced as participating country at the first edition. TVNZ was invited to participate and selected Stan Walker to represtent the country. He brought the country at the 8th place. The group Six60 represented the country with a song in the Maori language. They finished at the fourth place. Ben Hazlewood finished in Sydney at the 18th place.

Stan Walker was selected again to represent the country at the fourth edition, hosted in Australia. He finished with his song, performed in both the English and Maori language, at the 14th place. The country finished in the fifth edition at the fourth place. It was decided not to have a new edition. This was due to the ungoing international political deadlock.