Thomas "Darby" Ryan

Thomas Ryan was a Auckland Rugby Union Winger 1882 - 1888 and a distinguished artist who was well known for his Maori portraits.

Frank Hofmann and Helen Shaw

Frank Hofmann and Helen Shaw became leading lights in New Zealand culture. Frank, a renowned photographer, and Helen a writer and poet of distinction.  

Horace Moore-Jones

Horace Moore-Jones was the painter of one the most famous ANZAC images, “The Man with the Donkey”.

Sir Gordon Edward George Minhinnick

The name ‘Minhinnick’ was for a generation of New Zealanders synonymous with a style of cartoon that was simultaneously both pointed and subtle while delivering a strong metaphorical poke to the subject, delivered without rancor or rudeness.

Charles Frederick Goldie

Goldie was one of New Zealand’s most famed artist whose portraits of Maori are for many often the most frequently remembered representation of New Zealand’s tangata whenua (original inhabitants). Goldie trained as an artist in New Zealand and Australia, won prizes for his early work and then travelled to France to advance his studies.

Edwin Fairburn

Edwin Fairburn was a pioneer colonist responsible for laying out the town of Oamaru. He also engineered and surveyed the main road north from Takapuna to the Bay of Islands, laying the foundation for the Auckland Roads Department.