The 47-year-old, the headline name on the team, is set to make her fourth Commonwealth Games appearance.

Edwards will be hoping to secure a third gold medal at the Games after she also won the pairs title in Manchester in 2002.

She is joined on the team by world outdoor singles champion Shannon McIlroy and Commonwealth Games medallists Mandy Boyd and Val Smith.

Ali Forsyth, Blake Signal and Paul Girdler are in line to make their Commonwealth Games returns, while Tayla Bruce, Katelyn Inch and Mike Nagy are due to make their debuts at the event.

New Zealand's bowlers will be hoping to improve on their Glasgow 2014 performance, where they won three medals, one of each colour.

The team was named by Bowls New Zealand in conjunction with the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

"The greens on the Gold Coast are different to home so it doesn’t do any harm being based here and getting to know them," Edwards said.

"There's good competition here as well so that's driving me and helping with preparation."

Mark Cameron, chief executive of Bowls New Zealand, said he was confident the team will deliver success at Gold Coast 2018, due to run from April 4 to 15.

"More than half of this team is based in Australia so the conditions over there are very familiar to us," said Cameron.

"We have a wealth of Commonwealth Games experience within this bunch and the athletes who are new to this environment will be able to draw on the experience of their team mates.

"I'm excited to see this team compete and I'm sure we'll be delivering results which will make New Zealand proud."