Gold medal winners Eric Murray and Hamish Bond will be welcomed back to Auckland this morning. Photo / AP
Family and friends of New Zealand Olympic team members are gathering at the Auckland International Airport ahead of their arrival home this morning.
About 170 members of the Kiwi team, including more than 20 medal-winners, are flying into Auckland this morning.
However, their arrival is about an hour later than
planned. Flight NZ31 from Buenos Aires is now due to arrive at 5.48am.
The bulk of the team that bagged the biggest medal haul in New Zealand Olympic history - 18 - is returning.
That includes double Olympic champion canoe sprinter Lisa Carrington, double gold medal-winning rowers Hamish Bond, Eric Murray and Mahe Drysdale, gold medal-winning sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, and the silver medal-winning women's sevens team.
