Their best hopes for a medal, the fourth-seeded women's doubles combination of Donna Haliday and Danielle Barry, never fired a shot in losing a quarterfinal 21-12 21-6 to Australians He Tian Tang and Kate Wilson-Smith.
It was the final act for a young New Zealand group who were knocked out in the quarterfinals of the teams competition last week and got two doubles combinations to the same stage before both lost overnight.
New Zealand coach Thana Arikrishan said Haliday was suffering from a sore Achilles tendon but nonetheless was disappointed the women couldn't reach at least the semifinals.
"In the individual competition we had a few more expectations but it didn't really go well," he said.
"Everyone played to their level but there was no unexpected results. Maybe it's because they're still young and they're trying to learn more tactical play.
"Hopefully they'll learn from it and do better in the next Games."
The other result overnight was actually a bold performance from New Zealand men Henry Tam and Oliver Leydon-Davis, who went down fighting 21-16 21-13 to the world No 1 men's pairing of Malaysians Kien Keat Koo and Boon Heong Tan.
Arikrishan agreed his charges punched above their weight to good effect, sometimes rattling the classy Asians with some sharp counter-attack.
"I'm a Malaysian and I know them well. We had a game plan just to be confident with their shots and follow the pace and not rush into getting a point.
"In the second game the Malaysians sped up a bit more, which meant they were worried about our boys."
Earlier, Tam and Leydon-Davis were untroubled in beating Barbados combination Dakeil Thorpe and Nicolas Reifer 21-8 21-14 while Haliday and Barry blitzed Guernsey's Elena Johnson and Gayle Lloyd 21-13 21-15 in 20 minutes.
In women's singles, Michelle Chan lost her third-round match 21-11 21-9 to Scottish third seed Susan Egelstaff before Anna Rankin also exited, beaten 21-14 21-13 by England's Liz Cann.
Scotland inflicted more pain on the New Zealanders when mixed duo Tam and Haliday succumbed in a 39-minute struggle 18-21 21-6 21-17 to Watson Briggs and Imogen Bankier.
