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.

James Charles Robertson

James Charles Robertson was an esteemed labourer, physical education instructor, sports coach and POW veteran.

Walter Batty

Walter Batty was born in Tonga to an English Father and a Tongan Mother and moved to New Zealand as a child, living in Ponsonby with his Aunt Edith and attending Auckland Grammar School.

Sir Wilson James Whineray

Wilson Whineray was Captain of the All Blacks during a period when the game was fiercely defended as strictly amateur as both a matter of individual pride and as a totemic representation of New Zealand society.

Winston John McCarthy

Winston McCarthy was ‘the Voice of New Zealand Rugby’. He was born in Wellington on 10 March 1908. He was given the task of broadcasting the matches that were played by the Kiwis (the New Zealand Expeditionary rugby team of 1945-46).

Sir Thomas Harcourt Clarke Caughey (KBE CStJ JP)

Caughey was a great nephew of Marianne Caughey, founder of the iconic Auckland department of store Smith and Caughey. ‘Pat’ Caughey was a capped All Black in the amateur game era when relative few test matches were played and caps were therefore comparatively rare.