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 Paul MacDonald One of New Zealand’s most successful Olympians, MacDonald was a key figure in the small but effective New Zealand canoeing force of the 1980s. Read more Barry Magee For all Barry Magee's achievements both as an athlete and as a coach, one event stands out: an event that he did not win. Read more Peter Mander and Jack Cropp The first time New Zealand sent yachtsmen to an Olympic Games they came home with a gold medal. Read more Marilyn Marshall Marilyn Marshall had the distinction of captaining her country in two sports, softball and soccer. Read more Bill Massey Dubbed “The Man With the Golden Arm”, Massey was a dominant figure in national softball and it was largely through his expertise and efforts that the sport gained national attention. Read more Cecil Matthews 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. Read more Ivan Mauger In Ivan Mauger’s long list of achievements in speedway, one record stands supreme: he is the only rider to have won the world championship six times and he is the only rider to have won world titles in three successive years. Read more Winston McCarthy Winston McCarthy was regarded as the voice of rugby during the 1950s when he was the main radio commentator for the state-run New Zealand Broadcasting Service. Read more Clark McConachy McConachy had an extraordinary sporting career that was as long as an average lifetime and rarely has New Zealand produced a sportsman of such enduring excellence. Read more Jenny McDonald For a time, it was difficult to imagine a New Zealand women’s hockey team without Jenny McDonald. Read more Meda McKenzie She first made her mark on sport when she was 15 and swum Cook Strait. It was the first of many triumphs. Read more Bruce McLaren Bruce McLaren was a talented, innovative motor racing driver whose success was measured by four Formula One grand prix wins from 103 starts and perhaps more notably, by founding the most successful team in Formula One history. Read more Colin Meads Regarded by many as the epitome of the hard, rugged New Zealand rugby forward, Colin Meads's international career lasted from 1957 until 1971 and he continued playing first-class rugby for another two years after that. Read more Men's Hockey Team 1976 When the New Zealand team left for the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the hockey team was seldom mentioned as possible medalists. Read more Les Mills Les Mills is one of the most durable and competitive field event athletes New Zealand has had, competing in four Olympic and four Commonwealth Games between 1958 and 1972. Read more Lorraine Moller When it comes to commitment to and passion for a sport, Lorraine Moller sets the standards. Read more Ronnie Moore Ronnie Moore partnered his father Les in speedway riding in Christchurch as a 10-year-old, including the spectacular “Wall of Death” which entailed riding on an almost perpendicular track. Read more Ted Morgan Morgan became the first New Zealander to win an Olympic gold medal while competing for New Zealand. Read more Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse was the standardbearer for New Zealand swimming through the 1980s. Read more Dick Motz Motz, a big man in stature and reputation, was the first New Zealander to take 100 test wickets. Read more Ces Mountford Ces Mountford achieved seemingly everything in a spectacular rugby league career as a player and coach except play for his country. Read more Graham Mourie From the first, in the early to mid-70s when Graham Mourie was chosen for Wellington and the New Zealand Juniors, it was evident that he was an All Black captain in waiting. Read more Lois Muir Lois Muir coached the national netball team for 15 years until 1988 and it was in that role that she became an inspiration for women in all sport, not just in netball. Read more 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. Read more