The open water competitions were held from 3 February to 5 February near Rotorua in Lake Okataina and Lake Rotoma whilst the swimming and synchronized swimming competitions were carried out from 5 June to 8 June in Christchurch at the QEII Leisure Centre.
Two associate members also attending, bringing the total to 14: the French overseas department New Caledonia and the USA State Hawaii.
If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
* Host nation (New Zealand)A total of 38 swimming events were contested in a 50-metre pool.
To give the smaller island nations a chance against the stronger swimming nations of Australia and New Zealand the championships rules stated that in the individual events only the top two qualifiers from each country progress through to the final with the third fastest swimmer only from those countries with two swimmers qualifying for the ‘A’ final permitted to swim in the ‘B’ final.