Palenski established the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame and administered it until his recent illness. He was a competitive cyclist.
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Palenski was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports journalism. In November 2022, he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. He wrote about 50 books, mostly on sport.
Palenski died in Dunedin of cancer on 22 August 2023, at the age of 78.
abridged from Wikipedia, city of death from a news article on Stuff.