A gold, two silvers and a bronze. That's been New Zealand's stunning performance at Rio overnight. We cross to Rio for all the latest.

New Zealand has its highest ever medal tally at an Olympic Games after sailors Molly Meech and Alex Maloney claimed silver in the 49erFX.

Their silver pushed New Zealand's combined total to 14, before Timaru's Tom Walsh added a bronze medal to the tally after finishing third in the men's shot put final.

The combined 15 medals take New Zealand's haul past the 13 won at Seoul in 1988 and London in 2012.

Clive Mason/ Getty Images Peter Burling and Blair Tuke stand for the New Zealand national anthem after receiving gold at the Rio Olympics for winning the men's 49er sailing.

Meech and Maloney claimed the third sailing medal of the day, following gold to Blair Tuke and Peter Burling in the 49ers and silver for Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie in the 470s.

Earlier, paddler Lisa Carrington won her second medal at Rio with a bronze in the K1 500m.

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Carrington has also won gold in Rio, in the K1 200m, and in rowing Hamish Bond and Eric Murray collected gold in the men's pair. Mahe Drysdale also won gold for New Zealand in the single sculls.

Four golds was New Zealand's second best haul of the coveted top medal, behind the eight won at Los Angeles in 1984. That record was, however, tainted by the Games boycott of 14 Eastern Bloc countries, including the Soviet Union and East Germany.

New Zealand have won three golds at five other Olympics - Tokyo (1964), Seoul (1988) and Atlanta (1996), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008).

Walsh's bronze medal ensured Friday equalled New Zealand's most successful single day at an Olympics.

August 18, 2008, in Beijing was dubbed "Super Saturday", after New Zealand won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

PHIL WALTER/getty images Lisa Carrington won her second medal of the Olympics with a bronze in the K1 500m.

New Zealand has a few chances of medals over the final three and a half days of competition.

Nick Willis booked a spot in Sunday afternoon's 1500m final after finishing third in his semifinal on Friday (NZ time).

BMXer Trent Jones is ranked in the top 10 in the world and with a bit of luck could find himself in the final with a chance of a medal on Saturday morning (NZ time).

Golfer Lydia Ko is seven shots off the lead at the halfway point of the women's golf, but should never be written off, while the women's Black Sticks play for bronze against Germany at 3am on Saturday (NZ time).

The 15 overall medals meant High Performance Sport New Zealand's (HPSNZ) pre-games target had been met, but not in the way many predicted.

The top-tier sports of cycling and rowing managed just one and three medals respectively. This was well under both sports' targets, although the latter delivered half of New Zealand's gold medals thus far.

PHOTOSPORT Sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke celebrate winning New Zealand's fourth gold medal of the Olympics.

Other medal winners in Rio for New Zealand have been shooter Natalie Rooney and canoe slalom's Luuka Jones. They punched well above their weight to win unexpected silvers.

The New Zealand medallists at the Rio Olympic Games:

GETTY IMAGES Tom Walsh is a chance of a medal in the men's shot put on Friday morning (NZ time).

GOLD (4)

Peter Burling, Blair Tuke - men's 49er sailing

Lisa Carrington - canoe sprint women's K1 200m

Mahe Drysdale - rowing men's single sculls

Hamish Bond and Eric Murray - rowing men's pair

SILVER (8)

Molly Meech and Alex Maloney - women's 49erFX

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie - women's 470 sailing

Valerie Adams - women's shot put

Rebecca Scown and Genevieve Behrent - rowing women's pair

Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster - men's team sprint cycling

Luuka Jones - women's canoe slalom

Natalie Rooney - trap shooting

Women's rugby sevens

BRONZE (2)

Sam Meech - men's Laser sailing

Lisa Carrington - canoe sprint women's K1 500m

Tom Walsh - men's shot put