Editing Team Kiwi (section)

== Team identity and continuity ==

=== Separate teams using a shared name ===

Team Kiwi was not necessarily a single organisation competing continuously across the years in which the name appeared.

Instead, it functioned as a recognisable identity for New Zealand players participating in international tournaments.

The known iterations were connected by returning players and shared involvement in New Zealand's tournament paintball community.

These connections are historically significant but do not establish uninterrupted team ownership, management or competitive membership.

=== Known Team Kiwi iterations ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Period
! Principal events
! Known personnel
! Distinguishing characteristics
|-
| 2004
| International tournament, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
| Kyn Jackson, Brendon Charles, Peter Mumby, Martin Dannefaerd, Brian Thornley
| Earliest identified delegation; finished fifth
|-
| 2005
| Asia Pacific Paintball Championship, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia
| Michael Earley, Peter Mumby, Gavin Mumby, Jason Newport
| Separate lineup with returning participants from 2004
|-
| From approximately 2008
| Multiple tournaments in Malaysia
| Kyn Jackson; additional players not fully identified
| Recurring international lineup led by Jackson
|-
| Circa 2011–2012
| Activity associated with the NZPPL period at Lock N Load; possible Australian competition
| Peter Mumby, Jason Newport
| Later reported lineup connected to the 2005 team through returning players
|}

The 2015 New Zealand Nations Cup team is excluded from this table because it was a separate representative squad rather than a Team Kiwi iteration.

=== Returning players ===

Several individuals provide connections between the different Team Kiwi lineups.

'''Kyn Jackson''' played in the 2004 team and subsequently led a later iteration that competed at multiple events in Malaysia.

'''Peter Mumby''' played in the 2004 and 2005 teams and was reportedly associated with another lineup in the early 2010s.

'''Jason Newport''' was a member of the 2005 team and was also associated with the later Team Kiwi lineup.

'''Michael Earley''' helped organise the 2004 delegation and competed with the separate 2005 team. He was subsequently involved in the 2015 New Zealand Nations Cup delegation in a support-staff capacity.

These overlapping connections illustrate how the Team Kiwi name and the broader tradition of New Zealand international tournament participation were maintained through personal relationships rather than a single permanent organisation.

=== Relationship to national representation ===

Team Kiwi should be distinguished from officially selected New Zealand national paintball teams.

The use of the name reflected the nationality of its players but did not necessarily indicate formal selection or endorsement by a national governing body.

Likewise, a team containing former Team Kiwi players should not automatically be considered another Team Kiwi iteration.

Each tournament appearance should be identified through its registered name, roster and event records wherever possible.