While the Halberg Foundation’s name and structure may have changed over the past 60+ years, our organisation remains committed to enhancing the lives of physically disabled people by enabling them to participate in sport and recreation.
2023

SUPREME: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoeing)
SPORTSMAN: Aaron Gate (cycling)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoeing)
PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Cameron Leslie (swimming/wheelchair rugby)
TEAM: Black Ferns Sevens (rugby)
COACH: Gordan Walker (canoeing)
EMERGING TALENT: Julian David (climbing)
LEADERSHIP: Wayne Smith (rugby)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: New Zealand Warriors (rugby)
2022

SUPREME: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (snowboarding)
SPORTSMAN: Nico Porteous (freeskiing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (snowboarding)
PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Corey Peters (skiing)
TEAM: Black Ferns (rugby)
COACH: Wayne Smith (rugby)
EMERGING TALENT: Gustav Legnavsky (freeskiing)
LEADERSHIP: Sarah Hirini (rugby)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Black Ferns (rugby)
2021

SUPREME: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoeing)
SPORTSMAN: Kane Williamson (cricket)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoeing)
PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Sophie Pascoe (swimming)
TEAM: Black Caps (cricket)
COACH: Gordan Walker (canoeing)
EMERGING TALENT: Erika Fairweather (swimming)
LEADERSHIP: Kereyn Smith CNZM (New Zealand Olympic Committee)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Emma Twiggs (canoeing)
2020
NO AWARDS
2019

SUPREME: The Silver Ferns (netball)
SPORTSMAN: Israel Adesanya (mixed martial arts)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe racing)
PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming)
TEAM: Silver Ferns (netball)
COACH: Dame Noeline Taurua (netball)
EMERGING TALENT: Alice Robinson (ski racing)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Silver Ferns (netball)
LEADERSHIP: Dame Noeline Taurua (netball)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Yvonne Willering (netball)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Sid Going (rugby)
2018

SUPREME: Tom Walsh (athletics)
SPORTSMAN: Tom Walsh (athletics)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe racing)
PARA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Adam Hall (Para alpine skiing)
TEAM: Black Ferns Sevens (rugby)
COACH: Gordon Walker (canoe racing)
EMERGING TALENT: Maddison-Lee Wesche (athletics)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Anna Leat (football)
LEADERSHIP: Dr Farah Palmer (rugby)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Barry Hunt (athletics)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Beatrice Faumuinā (athletics)
2017

SUPREME: Emirates Team New Zealand (yachting)
SPORTSMAN: Tom Walsh (athletics)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe racing)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para Swimming)
TEAM: Emirates Team New Zealand (yachting)
EMERGING TALENT: Ellesse Andrews (cycling)
COACH: Gordon Walker (canoe racing)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Mitchell Hunt (rugby)
LEADERSHIP: Steve Hansen (rugby)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Morrie Chandler (motor rally)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Rob Waddell (rowing)
2016

SUPREME: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoeing)
SPORTSMAN: Mahe Drysdale (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Lisa Carrington (canoeing)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Liam Malone (Para athletics)
TEAM: Men’s 49er – Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (yachting)
EMERGING TALENT: Campbell Stewart (cycling)
COACH: Gordon Walker (canoeing)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Eliza McCartney (athletics)
LEADERSHIP: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Myra Larcombe (swimming)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Ruben Wiki (rugby league), Don Jowett (athletics)
2015

SUPREME: All Blacks (rugby)
SPORTSMAN: Kane Williamson (cricket)
SPORTSWOMAN: Lydia Ko (golf)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
EMERGING TALENT: Eliza McCartney (athletics)
COACH: Steve Hansen (rugby)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Grant Elliott (cricket)
LEADERSHIP: Brendon McCullum (cricket)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Ashley Taylor (athletics)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Lance O’Sullivan (horseracing), Sir Don Rowlands (rowing),
Lesley Rumball (netball), Mike Sorenson (softball)
2014

SUPREME: Hamish Bond & Eric Murray (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Brendon McCullum (cricket)
SPORTSWOMAN: Lydia Ko (golf)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Mary Fisher (Para swimming)
TEAM: Men’s Pair, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (rowing)
EMERGING TALENT: Regan Gough (cycling)
COACH: Anthony Peden (cycling)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Brendon McCullum (cricket)
LEADERSHIP: Barbara Kendell (board sailing)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Dawn Jones (netball)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Stacey Jones (rugby league), Barbara Kendall (board sailing)
2013

SUPREME: Lydia Ko (golf)
SPORTSMAN: Scott Dixon (motorsport)
SPORTSWOMAN: Lydia Ko (golf)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
EMERGING TALENT: Gabrielle Fa’amausili (swimming)
COACH: Steve Hansen (rugby)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Black Sox (softball)
LEADERSHIP: Richie McCaw (rugby)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Graham Sycamore (cycling)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Jonah Lomu (rugby), Sarah Ulmer (cycling)
2012

SUPREME: Hamish Bond & Eric Murray
SPORTSMAN: Mahe Drysdale (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming)
TEAM: Men’s Pair, Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (rowing)
EMERGING TALENT: Lydia Ko (golf)
COACH: Richard (Dick) Tonks (rowing)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: Nathan Cohen & Joseph Sullivan (rowing)
LEADERSHIP: Sir John Wells
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Arthur Eustace (athletics)
SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Bruce Kendall (yachting), Jeff Wilson ( rugby)
2011

SUPREME: All Blacks (rugby)
SPORTSMAN: Richie McCaw (rugby)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
DISABLED SPORTSPERSON: Dame Sophie Pascoe (Para swimming)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
EMERGING TALENT: Jacko Gill (athletics)
COACH: Sir Graham Henry (rugby)
LEADERSHIP: Sir Murray Halberg (athletics, Halberg Foundation founder)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Bruce Cameron (weight-lifting, NZ Olympic selector)
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: All Blacks (rugby)
2010

SUPREME: All Whites (football)
SPORTSMAN: Richie McCaw (rugby)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
TEAM: All Whites (football)
EMERGING TALENT: Gareth Kean (swimming)
COACH: Ricki Herbert (football)
LEADERSHIP: Jock Hobbs
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Eric and Ellen Kolhase
NEW ZEALAND’S FAVOURITE SPORTING MOMENT: All Whites (football)
2009

SUPREME: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
SPORTSMAN: Mahe Drysdale (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
TEAM: Men’s Senior Pair (rowing)
EMERGING TALENT: Sam Webster (cycling)
COACH: Richard Tonks (rowing)
LEADERSHIP: Sir John Anderson (cricket)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Kenny Smith (motorsport)
2008

SUPREME: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
SPORTSMAN: Scott Dixon (motorsport)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
TEAM: Women’s Double Scull (rowing)
EMERGING TALENT: Jossi Wells (skiing)
COACH: Kirsten Hellier (athletics)
LEADERSHIP: Susie Simcock (squash & golf)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Ron Shakespeare (swimming)
2007

SUPREME: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
SPORTSMAN: Mahe Drysdale (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
TEAM: Men’s Coxless Four (rowing)
EMERGING TALENT: Emma Twigg (rowing)
COACH: Kirsten Hellier (athletics)
LEADERSHIP: Sir John Graham (rugby)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Merv Wallace (cricket)
2006

SUPREME: Mahe Drysdale
SPORTSMAN: Mahe Drysdale (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Valerie Adams (athletics)
EMERGING TALENT: Rebecca Spence (duathlon & cycling)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
COACH: Sir Graham Henry (rugby)
LEADERSHIP: Tana Umaga (rugby)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Ken Elliot (golf)
2005

SUPREME: Michael Campbell (golf)
SPORTSMAN: Michael Campbell (golf)
SPORTSWOMAN: Kate McIlory (mountain running)
TEAM: George Bridgewater & Nathan Twaddle (rowing men’s pair)
COACH: Richard Tonks (rowing)
LEADERSHIP: Don Rowlands (rowing)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Fred Strachan (rowing)
2004

SUPREME: Sarah Ulmer (cycling)
SPORTSMAN: Hamish Carter (triathlon)
SPORTSWOMAN: Sarah Ulmer (cycling)
TEAM: Caroline & Georgina Evers-Swindell (rowing)
COACH: Richard Tonks (rowing)
LEADERSHIP: Sir Brian Lochore (rugby)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Heather & Jeff Robson (tennis, badminton)
2003

SUPREME: Silver Ferns (netball)
SPORTSMAN: Ben Fouhy (canoeing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Irene van Dyk (netball)
TEAM: Silver Ferns (netball)
COACH: Ruth Aitken (netball)
LEADERSHIP: Ian Ferguson (canoeing)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Sir Fred Allen (rugby)
2002

SUPREME: New Zealand Men’s Basketball Team (Tall blacks) (basketball)
SPORTSMAN: Craig Perks (golf)
SPORTSWOMAN: Barbara Kendall (board sailing)
TEAM: Tall Blacks (basketball)
COACH: Tab Baldwin (basketball)
LEADERSHIP: Pero Cameron (basketball)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Sir Tom Clark (yachting)
2001

SUPREME: Caroline & Georgina Evers-Swindell (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Cameron Brown (triathlon)
SPORTSWOMAN: Melissa Moon (athletics)
TEAM: Womens Double Scull (rowing)
COACH: Tab Baldwin (basketball)
LEADERSHIP: Stephen Fleming (cricket)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Monica Leggat (netball)
2000

SUPREME: Rob Waddell (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Rob Waddell (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Leilani Joyce (squash)
TEAM: Team New Zealand (yachting)
COACH: Don Tricker (softball)
FAIR PLAY: Mark Sorenson (softball)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Eric Tindill (cricket)
1999

SUPREME: Rob Waddell (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Rob Waddell (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Barbara Kendall (boardsailing)
TEAM: NZ Women’s Cricket (cricket)
COACH: Richard Tonks (rowing)
FAIR PLAY: Stacy Jones (league)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Iain Gallaway (cricket and rugby commentator)
1998

SUPREME: Rob Waddell (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Rob Waddell (rowing)
SPORTSWOMAN: Barbara Kendall (boardsailing)
TEAM: Equestrian Eventing Team (equestrian)
COACH: Ron Cheatley (cycling)
FAIR PLAY: Black Ferns (women’s rugby)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Sir David Beattie
1997

SUPREME: Beatrice Faumuinã (athletics)
SPORTSMAN: Jeff Wilson (rugby)
SPORTSWOMAN: Beatrice Faumuinã (athletics)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
COACH: Les Mills (athletics)
FAIR PLAY: Michael Long (golf)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Dame Lois Muir (netball)
1996

SUPREME: Danyon Loader (swimming)
SPORTSMAN: Danyon Loader (swimming)
SPORTSWOMAN: Barbara Kendall(boardsailing)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
COACH: Duncan Laing (swimming)
FAIR PLAY: Michael Jones (rugby)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Sir Walter Hadlee (cricket)
1995

SUPREME: Team New Zealand (yachting)
SPORTSMAN: Jonah Lomu (rugby)
SPORTSWOMAN: Marnie McGuire (golf)
TEAM: Team New Zealand (yachting)
FAIR PLAY: Mark Allen (rugby)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Sir Don Rowlands (rowing)
1994

SUPREME: Philippa Baker & Brenda Lawson (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Danyon Loader (swimming)
SPORTSWOMAN: Sarah Ulmer (cycling)
TEAM: Philippa Baker, Brenda Lawson (rowing)
FAIR PLAY: Brian Fowler (cycling)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Ces Blazey (rugby)
1993

SUPREME: New Zealand Men’s Amateur Golf Team
SPORTSMAN: Philip Tataurangi (golf)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Susan Devoy (squash)
TEAM: New Zealand Men’s Amateur Golf Team (golf)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Grant Clements (golf)
FAIR PLAY: Brad Butterworth (yachting)
SERVICE TO SPORT: Arthur Lydiard (athletics)
1992

SUPREME: Annelise Coberger (skiing)
SPORTSMAN: Danyon Loader (swimming)
SPORTSWOMAN: Annelise Coberger (skiing)
TEAM: Auckland Rugby Team (rugby)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Duncan Laing (swimming)
FAIR PLAY: Bruce Kendall (yachting)
1991

SUPREME: Philippa Baker (rowing)
SPORTSMAN: Martin Crowe (cricket)
SPORTSWOMAN: Philippa Baker (rowing)
TEAM: Eisenhower Trophy Team (golf)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Graham Lowe (league)
FAIR PLAY: Michael Jones (rugby)
1990

SUPREME: Sir Peter Blake (yachting)
SPORTSMAN: Sir Peter Blake (yachting)
SPORTSWOMAN: Karen Holliday (cycling)
TEAM: Steinlager Crew (yachting)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Ron Cheatley (cycling)
PERSONALITY: Sir Peter Blake (yachting), Millie Khan (bowls)
1989

SUPREME: Erin Baker (triathlon)
SPORTSMAN: Sir Richard Hadlee (cricket)
SPORTSWOMAN: Erin Baker (triathlon)
TEAM: National Netball Team (netball)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Lyn Parker (netball)
1988

SUPREME: Sir Mark Todd (equestrian)
SPORTSMAN: Sir Mark Todd (equestrian)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Susan Devoy (squash)
TEAM: Paul MacDonald, Ian Ferguson (canoeing)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Dame Lois Muir (netball)
PERSONALITY: Sir Mark Todd (equestrian)
1987

SUPREME: All Blacks (rugby)
SPORTSMAN: Sir Richard Hadlee (cricket)
SPORTSWOMAN: Dame Susan Devoy (squash)
TEAM: All Blacks (rugby)
COACH/OFFICIAL: Sir Brian Lochore (rugby)
1986

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Richard Hadlee (cricket)
1985

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Dame Susan Devoy (squash)
1984

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Ian Ferguson (canoeing)
1983

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Chris Lewis (tennis)
1982

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: New Zealand Rowing Eight (rowing)
1981

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Allison Roe (athletics)
1980

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Richard Hadlee (cricket)
1979

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Ivan Mauger (motorsport)
1978

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Gary Hurring (swimming)
1977

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Ivan Mauger (motorsport)
1976

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir John Walker (athletics)
1975

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir John Walker (athletics)
1974

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Richard Tayler (athletics)
1973

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Glenn Turner (cricket)
1972

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: New Zealand Rowing Eight (rowing)
1971

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: New Zealand Rowing Eight (rowing)
1970

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Harry Kent (cycling)
1969

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Chris Bouzaid (sailing)
1968

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Mike Ryan (athletics)
1967

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Denny Hulme (motorsports)
1966

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Roy Williams (athletics)
1965

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Wilson Whineray (rugby)
1964

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Peter Snell (athletics)
1963

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Bob Charles (golf)
1962
NO AWARDS
1961
NO AWARDS
1960

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Peter Snell (athletics)
1959

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Don Clarke (rugby)
1958

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Murray Halberg (athletics)
1957

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Philippa Gould (swimming)
1956

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Norman Read (athletics)
1955

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: John Reid (cricket)
1954

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Sir Bob Charles (golf)
1953

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Barry Brown (Boxing)
1952

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (nee Williams) (athletics)
1951

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Ron Jarden (rugby)
1950

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Dame Yvette Winifred Corlett (nee Williams) (athletics)
1949
