A total of 31 athletes, filling 33 seats across nine boat classes, have been named to go to Rio after a week of trials.
It is the first time New Zealand has sent away a women's eight and men's lightweight four. The men's eight will attend the Games for the first time since 1984.
The eights from last season remain unchanged.
A further 15 athletes were named in five boat classes to contest the regatta of death at Lucerne in May.
In significant changes to the 2015 crews:
- Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown take over in the women's pair from world championship silver medallists Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast. All four athletes are part of the eight.
- Emma Twigg will aim to qualify an Olympic single sculls spot in Lucerne.
- Peter Taylor replaces Curtis Rapley in the lightweight men's four.
The medal target for the team is five.
The squad is headlined by 2012 London Olympic gold medallists Mahe Drysdale, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray.
Bond and Murray remain an unrivalled pairing with six world championship titles to their names and are contesting their third and fourth Games respectively.
Five-time world champion Mahé Drysdale is attending his fourth Games.
Two-time world champions in the women's lightweight double sculls, Julia Edward and Sophie MacKenzie are also confirmed, as are world champion double scullers Zoe Stevenson and Eve Macfarlane.
World championship bronze medallists Robbie Manson and Chris Harris will compete in the double sculls, with Rio the second Games for both.
New Zealand Rowing Team
Women's Double Scull
Zoe Stevenson
Eve Macfarlane
Lightweight Women's Double Scull
Julia Edward
Sophie Mackenzie
Women's Coxless Pair
Rebecca Scown
Genevieve Behrent
Women's Eight
Rebecca Scown
Genevieve Behrent
Kerri Gowler
Grace Prendergast
Kelsey Bevan
Ruby Tew
Emma Dyke
Kayla Pratt
Francie Turner (cox)
Men's Single Scull
Mahe Drysdale
Men's Double Scull
Chris Harris
Robbie Manson
Men's Coxless Pair
Hamish Bond
Eric Murray
Lightweight Men's Coxless Four
James Hunter
Alistair Bond
Peter Taylor
James Lassche
Men's Eight
Stephen Jones
Brook Robertson
Alex Kennedy
Joe Wright
Isaac Grainger
Shaun Kirkham
Michael Brake
Tom Murray
Caleb Shepherd (cox)
