Team Australia continued their dominance in the pool during day 5 of the Commonwealth Games, but New Zealand enjoyed a golden evening with six medals in just two hours.
Swimming
Mitch Larkin and Bronte Campbell highlighted a stunning night in the pool for the Australian swim team.
Larkin became the first backstroker to complete the 50/100/200m treble when the 24-year-old won the 200m backstroke final on Monday.
Australians Bradley Woodward and Josh Beaver won silver and bronze respectively.
Little sister Bronte Campbell chased down her older sister Cate in the final 10 metres to snare gold in the 100m freestyle final.
"That was incredibly surprising. I don't know how that happened but I am glad it did," Bronte said.
Gracious Cate was at least content the gold went to the family, and Australia.
"I am so thrilled for Bronte to get a massive win in front of a home crowd. It is never easy being the second Campbell and she is number one now and I am thrilled for her," she said.
Finally, Australia's breakout star in the pool, Ariarne Titmus won her first individual gold medal in the 800m final.
Australians Jessica Ashwood and Kiah Melverton also won silver and bronze medals.
Athletics
New Zealand transgender weightlifter and gold medal favourite Laurel Hubbard had to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games women's +90kg event due to an injury while attempting a record.
Hubbard damaged ligaments in her elbow when attempting a Commonwealth record in the snatch.
"It's obviously a difficult time, but the one thing I'm happiest about is that I tried to reach for my best performance. This happens sometimes. That's sport," she told the ABC.
Meanwhile, South Africa's Akani Simbine caused one of the biggest upsets of the Commonwealth Games to take a shock gold in the men's 100m.
Simbine led a surprise South African double with teammate Henricho Bruintjies taking silver to consign Jamaica's red-hot favourite Yohan Blake to bronze on Monday night.
Despite Blake's blistering times in the lead up and suggestions he could go under 10 seconds in the final, Simbine knew he could upset the second fastest man in history.
"I believed in myself, that I could get the gold medal," Simbine told the BBC.
"The 100m is an event of who's got the biggest ego and who can handle the ego the best.
"I didn't focus on what they were all talking about. I just focused on myself."
Team New Zealand
New Zealand won six medals, four of them gold, to lift to fourth on the Commonwealth Games medal table after five days of competition.
The Kiwis started Monday on the Gold Coast with 17 medals and would have had reasonable hopes of adding up to five golds.
It wasn't until nearly 7.30pm when Joelle King won New Zealand's first medal of the day - taking gold over England's Sarah-Jane Perry in the women's singles squash final.
However, compatriot Paul Coll had to settle for silver when he was beaten in the men's singles final by England's James Willstrop.
The Cook Islands find its 'mojo'
The Cook Islands won its first medal in Commonwealth Games history after Aidan Zittersteijn and Taiki Paniani won bronze in the men's Lawn Bowls pair event.
Zittersteijn said it all came down to the pair finding their "mojo".
“We started off good then we really got our rhythm – we call it mojo – and we were set. We played well,” he said, according to the Commonwealth Games website.
