A new home for The Sports Hall of Fame

Exciting news: The Sports Hall of Fame is on the move to Cambridge. Read more and stay up to date.
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Welcome to the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame

Where Champions live on

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.

About the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame

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About the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame

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The Sports Hall of Fame is on the move to Cambridge

The Sports Hall of Fame is on the move to Cambridge

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Cecil Matthews

Sporting Spotlight

Cecil Matthews

(1914 - 1987)

There could have been no greater praise for Matthews than to be dubbed “the Nurmi of the Empire” after the great Finn, Paavo Nurmi, who dominated middle and long-distance running in the 1920s.
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Otago
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