New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1990 as part of the celebrations to mark New Zealand's 150 years of organised settlement. In the first year, 75 of New Zealand's greatest sports achievers were inducted - one for every two years of nationhood.

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame brings to life many of the sporting deeds of long ago... Sir Edmund Hillary has a mountain to climb, Yvette Williams a long jump pit into which to jump, Sir Bob Charles a green on which to putt; two of the great cricket batsmen, Bert Sutcliffe and Martin Donnelly, have a pavilion from which to emerge.

See the kayak in which Ian Ferguson and Paul MacDonald won Olympic gold medals, see the armguard that Colin Meads wore when he played a test with a broken arm, read the memorabilia accumulated by generations of All Blacks from the Originals of 1905 until the World Cup winners of 1987.

The New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is the ultimate nostalgia trip for sports fans (and even non-sports fans). But it is also a place of learning, with one of the key tenets of the Hall being the education of New Zealanders in the sporting deeds that inspired - and helped shape - a nation.

The Hall is ideal for the casual visitor wanting to learn more about a rich sporting past, for school groups and for serious scholars working on sports history papers.