KEY POINTS:
A comfortable first up win for New Zealand at the Wellington sevens.
Gordon Tietjens side has romped to a 38-nil victory over Kenya in the opening round of pool play.
Fiji has also started strongly, crushing Portugal 42-nil, while England's kicked off the tournament with a 33-12 win over Scotland.
Other round one winners were Samoa, South Africa, Australia, France and Tonga.
Results
Pool A: Fiji 42 Portugal 0, France 17 United States 14
Pool B: South Africa 24 Canada 10, Australia 35 Cook Islands 17
Pool C: England 33 Scotland 12, Samoa 26 Papua New Guinea 0
Pool D: New Zealand 38 (Zar Lawrence 2, Nigel Hunt, Steven Yates, Charles Baxter, Nick Thompson tries; Hunt 4 con) Kenya 0, Tonga 14 Argentina 12