Violet Walrond

Violet Walrond was the first female athlete to compete for New Zealand at the Olympics Games, in Antwerp in 1920.

Dame Yvette Winifred Williams

Yvette Winifred Williams was a pioneering athlete and the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal. Her versatility across multiple disciplines, including shot put and discus, earned her accolades as New Zealand's "Athlete of the Century.”

Sandra Lee Blewett M.B.E

Sandra Blewett M.B.E was a successful marathon swimmer and coach. She is remembered particularly for her services to young disabled people and para athletes.

Phillip John Leishman

Philip John Leishman was a television broadcaster from 1971 to 2012 including but not limited to presenting on Wheel of Fortune, the Commonwealth and Olympic games on many occasions.

William Pratney (Wiremu Paratene)

William Pratney (born Wiremu Paratene on 20th of May 1909) was an inspirational professional cyclist who won various competitions including; New Zealand 100 mile Road Championships (1937). Pratney also severed on the Manurewa Borough Council and was an inaugural member of the Manukau City Council who ran on a Christian platform.

Walter Monton Carrollo

Walter Monton Carrollo was an early settler to Auckland and prominent gymnast instructor to most of the secondary schools.

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 (Bellwood)

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.