New Zealand fielded a pair of artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet as the highest-ranked Oceanian nation eligible for qualification at the 2023 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.

New Zealand track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[4] New Zealand entered four boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain, and 2024 Oceania Championships in Penrith, Australia.

[8] New Zealand entered a full squad of men's team pursuit, madison, omnium, sprint, keirin; and women's track events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

New Zealand also entered two riders, each in the dressage and jumping individual events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group G (South East Asia, Oceania).

[19] Lachlan Bayliss replaced the injured Riley Bidois on 23 July, while Luis Toomey was called-up as an alternate player.

Georgia-Rose Brown directly secured a quota spot by being one of two highest-ranked eligible athlete in the women's uneven bars, through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings.

[33] New Zealand entered two gymnasts (one male and one female) into the 2024 Summer Olympics trampoline competition through the World Cup Series ranking.

New Zealand rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

[45] Elimination events Qualification legend: QF – Qualify to quarterfinal; SF – Qualify to semifinal; F – Qualify to final Medal race events Key: M – Medal race; EL – Eliminated, did not advance into the medal race New Zealand shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.

New Zealand confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final mixed relay Olympics qualification ranking.

David Liti (men's +102 kg) secured one available continental allocation spot in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Tayla Ford qualified for the games following the triumph of advancing to the final round at 2024 African & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament in Alexandria, Egypt.