Will New Zealand bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games?

According to 2007 reports, the New Zealand Olympic Committee is pushing for a bid for a Winter Olympic Games. Whilst no city has yet applied to the NZOC, suggestions include Queenstown and Dunedin, or a bid covering the whole of New Zealand, the country's South Island or the Otago and Southland regions. No certain specific Games has been specified, however 2018, 2022 or 2026 are most likely. A successful New Zealand bid would be the first Winter Olympics held in the Southern Hemisphere, the nation and the Oceania region.

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, will be celebrated in 2018, and are an international winter sports athletic event that has yet to be organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The organization, under the leadership of Jacques Rogge, is currently preparing to mount calls for cities to bid for hosting the event. The deadline for bids is January 2009.