The Hall of Fame was the initiative of Mr C Russell Hervey when he was Mayor of Timaru City 1971-1977, to recognise the significant achievements of citizens of the Timaru district.

The Hall of Fame was officially opened on 26 September 1986 by Mayor Mrs DHL McIver.

Members of the Hall of Fame must have been born in South Canterbury, or lived in the district for a significant portion of their life.

There are three categories:

Category One Persons of Prominent International Standing

Category Two International Sportspersons or Administrators

Category Three Nationally Recognised Notable New Zealanders

An advisory committee researches the candidates and a Council selection committee approves the candidates for inclusion in the Hall of Fame.

Category One
Hon Sir Basil Malcolm Arthur Bt Mp		Cardinal Reginald Delargey
Lord Elworthy KG GCB CBE DSO MVO DFC AFC K St J MA		Sir William Hall-Jones
Sir Charles William Feilden Hamilton		Michael Houstoun
Rt Hon Norman Eric Kirk PC		Colin Albert Murdoch
Richard William Pearse		Air Vice-Marshal Siegert CB CBE MVO DFC AFC RNZAF
Admiral Sir Gordon Tait		Sir Henry Rodolph Wigley KBE CBE OBE
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Syd C Ashton MBE		Joseph Gordon Butterfield
Sir Cecil Lancelot Stewart Cross		Robert James Fitzsimmons
John (Jack) Edward Lovelock		Clark McConachy
John Eaton Manchester		Richard John Tayler
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Sir Hugh John Dyke Acland KBE JP		George Bartrum Baker CBE MBE (Mil) DCM MM JP
Thomas David Burnett		Frank Adams Callaway
Sir Douglas Berry Copland		James Craigie
Doctor Margaret Barnett Cruickshank MD CM		Sir Peter Elworthy KB
James Barry Forrest		Thomas Camperdown Fyfe
(Owston) Paul Gabites		Trevor Wiremu Griffiths
John Hardcastle		Mrs Muriel Hilton MBE JP
Major- General Lindsay Merritt Inglis		Sir Neil Isaac KB QSO JP
Owen Marshall Jones		DR Russell David King
Sir Francis Joseph Kitts		Sir Alan Low KB MA (HONS) NZ
Lancelot William McCaskill M Agr Sc Dip Ag FNZIAS CBE		Sir Robert Reynolds Macintosh
Jessie MacKay		Sir Roy Allan McKenzie
Sir William Maxwell Manchester KBE MB ChB FRCS FRACS FACS		Ross Murray
The HON Sir Henry Hubert Ostler		Richard Desmond Price
LT GEN Sir Edward Puttick		DR Erihapeti (Elizabeth) Rehu-Murchie
Sir Ivor Lloyd Morgan Richardson		Hon Francis Joseph Rolleston KINGS JUBILEE MEDAL COR
Jack Shepherd		Kevin Tod Smith
Robert Noel Smith		Sir William Jukes Steward
Sir Desmond John Sullivan KB LLB		William Thomas
George David Lloyd White MVO MA (Hons)		Cecil Walkden Wood

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