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Under Alert Level 1, the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame is now OPEN. Our hours are 10am to 3pm (Wednesdays to Sundays). We are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (open by appointment only on these days).
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Our Inductees

Bob Fitzsimmons

Though born in England, Fitzsimmons learned his boxing in Timaru and was always regarded as a New Zealand boxer.

Tom Heeney

Tom Heeney
Heeney was a boxer who won an enduring fame not so much for what he did, but for what he attempted to do: win the world professional heavyweight championship.

Ted Morgan

Ted Morgan
Morgan became the first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand.

Billy Murphy

Billy Murphy
His proper name was Thomas William Murphy but he was known more as “Torpedo Billy”, the only New Zealand-born boxer (he was born in Auckland) to hold a world boxing title.

Sporting Spotlight

Ned Shewry

(1889 - 1962)

In the days when woodchopping was a highly popular competitive sport, Ned Shewry was one of the most sought-after of athletes.
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