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 Rob Waddell For three years, Rob Waddell was practically invincible in the single sculls. Read more John Walker The first awareness most New Zealanders had of John Walker was at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in 1974 when he chased home Filbert Bayi of Tanzania in the 1500 metres, which Bayi won in world record time. Read more Billy Wallace He was called Carbine after a champion stayer, and what an apt nickname it was. Read more Billy Webb Webb was the first of a long line of great New Zealand oarsmen. Read more Wilson Whineray Sir Wilson Whineray played 77 matches for New Zealand, including 32 tests, and is regarded as one of the most successful and inspirational captains the All Blacks have had. Read more Des White In a six-year international career, Des White became the most prolific points-scorer in New Zealand league. Read more Ruben Wiki Ruben Wiki’s career in rugby league was one of enduring success and excellence, beginning with the Canberra Raiders in 1993 and ending with the New Zealand Warriors fifteen years later. Read more Anthony Wilding Even from a different, gentler era, Wilding without dispute remains New Zealand’s greatest tennis player. Read more Elsie Wilkie It can’t be the lot of many women in New Zealand sport who first become a world champion when they’re a grandmother. Read more Yvette Williams In the days when women had few events in track and field, Yvette Williams seemed to compete in them all. Read more Bryan Williams Whatever else Bryan Williams achieved in rugby – and he achieved much – the blaze of publicity he gained as a 19-year-old on the All Blacks’ tour of South Africa in 1970 never quite left him. Read more Roy Williams Roy Williams had a distinguished athletics career of nearly 20 years, during which he won the national decathlon title 11 times between 1956 and 1970. Read more Jeff Wilson As a youngster at school in Invercargill, Jeff Wilson was a wonder of his age on the sporting field, whether rugby, cricket or, so it seemed, anything else he tried. Read more Cis Winstanley Cis Winstanley took up bowls in 1946 to help her recover from surgery and she became New Zealand’s most successful woman bowler. Read more Peter Wolfenden The name of Peter Wolfenden is inextricably linked to that of Cardigan Bay, the best pacer produced in New Zealand. Read more