It was the All Blacks all the way at the 2011 Westpac Halberg Awards. Among their other wins, our rugby world champs picked up the HPSNZ-sponsored New Zealand’s Favourite Sporting Moment award. To celebrate our involvement with the category, we caught up with athletes and other key people behind the successes which defined New Zealand sport in 2011. (Go directly to our All Blacks coverage.)
The diminutive figure of Andrea Hewitt standing on triathlon podiums has been a regular and welcome sight for New Zealanders in 2011. Video interviews and more
At the 2011 Rowing World Championships, at Bled in Slovenia, Mahé won his fifth gold in six outings at the Rowing World Championships. Video interviews and more
Having not won a test in Australia since 1985, no one thought the Black Caps stood a chance in Hobart four days into the second test. More
For the first time in a senior Australian sports league a New Zealand team took top honours when the New Zealand Breakers won the National Basketball League Championships. Video interviews and more
The biggest story of the All Blacks triumphant world cup campaign was the incredible succession of injuries which severely tested New Zealand behind the scrum. More
The New Zealand Warriors are the great entertainers of the Australian NRL. On their day, they can be simply breathtaking. Video interviews and more
Mark Todd first won Badminton, one of the world's most prestigious equestrian events in 1980, 31 years later at the age of 55 he did it again. More
After the narrowest of wins at the Karapiro Rowing World Championships in 2010, Bond and Murray won the Coxless Pair final comfortably at Bled, Slovenia in 2011. Video interview and more
After the Christchurch earthquake the Canterbury Crusaders season was going to be unusually hard for the squad, but they rose to the challenge. Video interview and more
In 2011 Val got back on track, winning the World Championships in Daegu South Korea. More
