Search our list of inductees below or filter to a specific sport using the list on the left. Filter Inductees by Category Choose a sporting category View all inductees AdministrationAthleticsAviationBadmintonBasketballBilliardsBowlsBoxingCanoeingCricketCyclingDisabled sportEquestrianGolfHarness racingHockeyJetboatingMotorsportMountaineeringMultisportNetballRowingRugby LeagueRugby UnionShearingSkiingSoccerSoftballSports broadcastingSquashSwimmingTennisThoroughbred racingWeightliftingWoodchoppingWrestlingYachting Close Categories Find an inductee by name Reset search Our Inductees Onny Parun It’s not too often that modern sports people admit to answering the call of Queen and country first, but that’s what Onny Parun did in 1975 when he chose to play for New Zealand in a Davis Cup tie instead of playing in a tournament in Holland. Read more Helmer Pedersen and Earle Wells When Earle Wells sought a skipper in 1961 for his Flying Dutchman class yacht, Pandora, and settled on a Danish émigré, Helmer Pedersen, an Olympic champion combination was born. Read more Rebecca Perrott Rebecca Perrott was a champion swimmer, ranked with the best in the world, and has the unusual distinction of being the catalyst for the formation of the New Zealand Sports Foundation, the principal sports funding body. Read more Arthur Porritt Arthur Espie Porritt, first Baron of Wanganui and Hampstead, led a life of achievement as a sportsman, a sports administrator, a surgeon, a health administrator, a writer and as the first New Zealander to become governor-general. Read more