| Ernest Rutherford : Lord of the atom |
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| Kate Sheppard : Nothing less than equal |
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| Edmund Hillary : The man who took New Zealand to the top of the world |
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| George Grey :The Governor who shaped New Zealand |
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| Michael Joseph Savage : The Prime Minister who set up the welfare state |
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| Apirana Ngata : Maori leader in a Pakeha world |
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| Hone Heke : Formidable warrior, man of intellect |
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| Truby King : Plunket Society visionary |
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| William Hobson : Treaty of Waitangi author |
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| Jean Batten : The Garbo of the skies |
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| Brian Barratt-Boyes : Heart surgery pioneer who preferred to work at home |
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| Peter Snell : Like a Sherman tank in overdrive |
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| William Pickering : The rocket man |
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| Peter Jackson : Giant of the big screen |
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| Janet Frame : The author whose writing literally saved her |
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| Te Rauparaha : The Napoleon of the Southern Hemisphere |
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| Colin Meads : The famous five |
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| Whina Cooper : Tireless campaigner for Maori rights |
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| Katherine Mansfield : The shooting star who has continued to shine |
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| Thomas Brydone and William Davidson : The men whose big chill ideas launched the meat export industry |
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| Richard Pearse : A world first for a flying Kiwi? |
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| Te Whiti : The Gandhi of the South Pacific |
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| Richard John Seddon : The political giant |
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| Peter Buck : Master of many trades |
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| Julius Vogel : The expansionist whose policies shaped a fledgling country |
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| Maurice Wilkins : The scientist who helped unravel the mystery of DNA |
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| Helen Clark : Labour's first lady |
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| Mabel Howard : The woman who shocked Parliament |
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| Bernard Freyberg : The soldier who became Governor-General |
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| Harold Gillies : The father of plastic surgery |
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| Kiri Te Kanawa : The diva who sang for royalty |
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| Keith Park : Fearless in mind and duty |
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| Alan McDiarmid : The boy chemist who won a Nobel Prize |
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| Peter Blake : The Hillary of the seas |
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| Clarence Beeby : The visionary behind New Zealand's education system |
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| Jack Lovelock : An enigma who was our first great runner |
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| John Bedbrook : The biotech pioneer |
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| James K Baxter : The gifted poet who challenged society |
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| Fred Hollows : The wild colonial boy of eye surgery |
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| Murray Halberg : Champion sportsman, generous human being |
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| Neil Finn: The dream's not over |
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| Edward Gibbon Wakefield : Self-serving, but a man who got things done |
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| David Lange : Right man, right time |
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| Rob Muldoon : The feisty Nat who changed the face of politics |
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| Thomas Edmonds : The businessman who rose to the top |
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| Colin McCahon : The modernist who enhanced cultural nationalism |
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| Colin Murdoch : The lateral thinker who saved millions of lives |
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| Archie McIndoe : The maestro who worked miracles with the Guinea Pig Club |
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| Samuel Marsden : The driving force behind Christianity in New Zealand |
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| Peter Fraser : The great war-time leader |
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| John Clarke : The comic genius who showed New Zealand how to laugh at itself |
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| Ettie Rout : The free spirit who was born too soon |
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| Arthur Lydiard : The coach who revolutionised athletics training |
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| Kupe : The voyager who discovered Aotearoa |
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| Te Puea Herangi : The greatest Maori woman of her time |
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| John Walker : The third of New Zealand's great middle-distance champions |
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| Tim Finn : The creator of Split Enz |
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| John A Lee : From Labour Party pin-up boy to exile |
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| James Wattie : The man who gave us baked beans and frozen veges |
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| William Hamilton : Jet-boat inventor |
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| Norman Kirk : Big Norm, champion of ordinary New Zealanders |
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| Bill Gallagher : His electric fence took farming into a new era |
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| Michael King : The writer who explained New Zealand to New Zealanders |
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| Frances Hodgkins : The Dunedin painter who became world-renowned |
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| George Nepia : The prince of All Black fullbacks |
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| James Fletcher : The engaging immigrant who built an empire |
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| Suzanne Aubert : New Zealand's Mother Teresa |
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| Charles Heaphy : The adventurer with many strings to his bow |
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| Alfred Reed : Pioneering publisher and inspirational wanderer |
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| Frank Sargeson : The writer who captured New Zealand working-class vernacular |
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| Roger Douglas : The man who shaped New Zealand's modern economy |
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| Matt During : The neuroscientist who is making a difference |
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| Te Kooti : Tirbal leader and prophet |
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| Hongi Hika : The Nga Puhi leader who encouraged European settlement |
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| David Low : The free-spirited cartoonist who would not be cowered |
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| Kate Edger : Pioneer of women's education |
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| Marie Clay : The Michael Jordan of reading |
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| Rewi Alley : New Zealand's gift to China |
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| Tom Ellison : Rugby legend and astute Maori leader |
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| Rua Kenana : The Maori prophet who established his own communiy |
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| Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana : The faith-healer who spawned religious and political movements |
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| Maud Basham (Aunt Daisy) : The diminutive giant of radio broadcasting |
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| Charles Upham : The ultimate soldier |
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| Ralph Hotere : The "black" artist |
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| Richard Hadlee : New Zealand cricket's one-man destruction unit |
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| Billy T James : The irreverent entertainer who was loved by a nation |
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| Keith Sinclair : The historian's historian |
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| Charles Goldie : The man who turned portrait painting into an art form |
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| John Minto : The activist with an acute social conscience |
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| Rudall Hayward : Early master of the silver screen |
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| Witi Ihimaera : Maori storyteller, New Zealand novelist |
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| John Rangihau : Bridging the Maori-Pakeha divide |
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| Dave Dobbyn : The beloved entertainer |
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| Russell Coutts : The yachtie who made the America's Cup his cup |
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| Jonah Lomu : The softly-spoken giant who took the rugby world by storm |
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| Peter Mahon : The judge whose Erebus crash report made him a household name |
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| Georgina Beyer : From drag queen to Member of Parliament |
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| A J Hackett : The man who took bungy-jumping to the world |
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| The quiet achiever who snared the greatest prize in motor sport |
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| Russell Crowe : Rough diamond, brilliant actor |
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| Ernest Rutherford : Lord of the atom |
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| Kate Sheppard : Nothing less than equal |
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| Edmund Hillary : The man who took New Zealand to the top of the world |
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| George Grey :The Governor who shaped New Zealand |
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| Michael Joseph Savage : The Prime Minister who set up the welfare state |
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| Apirana Ngata : Maori leader in a Pakeha world |
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