The Commonwealth Games is a unique, friendly, world class, multi-sports Games, which is held once every four years. The 2006 Commonwealth Games will include 17 sports, with 12 individual sports and 4 team sports. In total there are 245 events at the Games. The mascot for the games was Karak, a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo.
The following swimmers attended the Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne in March 2006:
| Zoe Baker | Jasi | ![]()  | 
| Lauren Boyle | West Auckland | |
| Moss Burmester | North Shore | |
| Annabelle Carey | Aquagym | |
| Nichola Chellingworth | ||
| Liz Coster | North Shore | |
| Alison Fitch | North Shore | |
| Cameron Gibson | North Shore | |
| Melissa Ingram | North Shore | |
| Dean Kent | North Shore | |
| Hannah McLean | North Shore | |
| Andrew McMillan | Neptune | |
| Helen Norfolk | North Shore | |
| Daniel Sharp | West Auckland | |
| Glenn Snyders | North Shore | |
| Corney Swanepoel | North Shore | |
| Scott Talbot-Cameron | North Shore | |
| Georgina Toomey | Jasi | 
Coaching Team
| Jan Cameron | Head Coach | 
| Thomas Ansorg | Coach | 
| Peter Burgon | Coach | 
| Duncan Laing | Coach | 
 
Team Manager
| Mark Saunders | 
Support Staff
| Patrick Keating | 
| Clint Knox | 
| Brad Conza |