That was welterweight Ted Morgan who won gold at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal was won at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam by Ted Morgan in boxing in the welterweight division.
Harry Kerr
Ted Morgan (Boxing) (1928).
Jack Beatson
he was to win, because he is so good at boxing #.
Jim Thorpe
That was Harry Kerr who won the bronze medal in the 3,500 meter walk at the 1908 Games in London.
Women's boxing was not an Olympic event until 2012.
Frankie Randall
New Zealand's first gold medal in Olympic athletics (track and field) was won by Jack Lovelock in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He won the 1500 meter race in what was then a world record time of 3:47.8.
Bruno Julie won Mauritius' first ever Olympic medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing when he won bronze in men's boxing, bantamweight class.
Yvette Williams won her gold medal at the 1952 Games in Helsinki in women's long jump. She was the first woman from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal.