Some 160 members have been inducted into the hall of fame since its inception representing a wide variety of sports.
Since 1999, it has been located in Dunedin, in the city's railway station building, where a museum is sited displaying mementos of New Zealand's sporting achievements.
Sports writer Joseph Romanos was the chief executive of the Hall of Fame from 1995 to 1998.
From 1998 until shortly before his death in August 2023 the chief executive was sports writer Ron Palenski.
After September 2021 the museum could have to close or move to another city unless a new sponsor was found.