Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and South Korea fielded some of their top athletes in the three-day Australia-New Zealand Continental Cup event.
It was the first time Canada and the United States had squared off against each other in ANC cup competition in New Zealand.
Both teams are based at the Snow Farm for their regular annual off-season training camp.
Among the competitors was sprinter Andy Newall, of the US, who is ranked in the top 10 in the world.
He could not hold off fast-finishing compatriot Simeon Hamilton on Saturday and was pipped into second in the A sprint final.
Kris Freeman, the top US endurance skier, was challenged by a competitive Canadian field in the 15km classic race on Friday and could not claw back the 6sec lead established by Canadian Devon Kershaw, who won the race in 40min 1sec.
Noah Hoffman, of the US, won the 10km freestyle race yesterday in 22min 55sec, 40sec ahead of second-placed Callum Watson, of AustraliaIn the women's races, Canadian Chandra Crawford won the sprint from Australian Esther Bottomley.
Elizabeth Stephen and Morgan Arritola, both of the US, had a close battle in the 10km classic race, with Stephen emerging the victor by 0.4sec.
South Korean Chae-won Lee crossed the line first in yesterday's 5km freestyle race, 4sec ahead of Bottomley.
New Zealand's Olympic biathlete representative Sarah Murphy was third in that event, 1min 18sec behind Lee, and posted New Zealand's best result of the competition.
New Zealand's cross-country Olympian, Ben Koons, was third in the B final of the sprints, ninth in the 15km classic and 10th in the 10km freestyle.
His brother, Nils Koons, is also representing New Zealand and performed strongly, finishing fourth in the 10km freestyle and eighth in the 15km classic.
Dunedin skier Andy Pohl's best result was fifth in the 10km freestyle, and Nat Anglem, of Christchurch, was sixth in the same event.
