[1] The main venue was Eden Park, although the closing ceremonies were held at Western Springs Stadium, see New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games.

The fourth games were originally awarded to Montreal, Canada and were to be held in 1942 but were cancelled due to World War II.

Other venues were the Auckland Town Hall (boxing and wrestling), the Drill Hall (fencing), Western Springs (cycling and the closing ceremony) Lake Karapiro (rowing), and the Newmarket Olympic Pool (swimming).

Accommodation was at the Ardmore Teachers' Training College, 23 miles (37 kilometres) away at South Auckland.

The events were held at Lake Karapiro, 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Auckland.