New Zealand's impressive tournament victory - which was built on near-unbreakable defence as they kept their opponents scoreless in five of their six games - also saw them return to the top of the world series standings after five rounds.
Kiwi skipper DJ Forbes was at the centre of the charge as he produced a high volume of work, including a strong display in New Zealand's 21-0 win over South Africa in Saturday night's final.
There were also decent performances from New Zealand regulars Tim Mikkleson, Sherwin Stowers and Bryce Heem.
Forbes has heard all the speculation around who New Zealand coach Sir Gordon Tietjens might have at his disposal in Rio but it hasn't bothered the 31-year-old who welcomed the challenge.
"That's part and parcel of professional sport; every man and his dog's going to come and give it a crack and who wouldn't want to be a part of an Olympic event," Forbes said.
"So as far as we are concerned we want all the best players in New Zealand to put their hand up to be a part of this team and then we'll leave all the hard decisions to Titch and if we just keep doing our job, hopefully, we'll still be there as well."
Based on Tietjens' assessment of his captain's form in Wellington, he shouldn't have too much to worry about given Tietjens picked him as his best on show during the weekend.
"I just thought he was simply magnificent," Tietjens said. "He just led so well and he's extremely fit and motivated. I know he wants to be here for the long haul and the Olympics and the way he's going, it's going to be hard for someone to come along and push him out of his spot and I'm extremely proud of DJ."
Forbes only scored one try during the tournament in Wellington but it was a curious one.
After he made a break in the final pool game against France on Friday, he dished up a nice pass for Mikkelson who cantered away to the tryline but Mikkelson then passed the ball back to Forbes over the line for the captain to place it down.
That try moved Forbes ahead of former New Zealand sevens stalwart Karl Te Nana by one five-pointer on the world series' all-time list.
Forbes, who has now scored 114 tries on the circuit, sits 14th on the overall standings and is the third New Zealander behind Mikkelson in 11th with 130 tries and Tomasi Cama (7th, 145 tries).
Retired Argentinian Santiago Gomez Cora sits at the top of the tree with 230 tries.
The world series, which New Zealand leads by two points ahead of South Africa, now goes on a six-week break before the sixth tournament of the nine-leg circuit takes place in Japan from March 22-23.
- by Daniel Richardson of APNZ
