- James Belich
- Jim Bolger
- Sir Douglas Graham
- Sir Robert Jones
- Sir Kenneth Keith
- Don McKinnon
- Claudia Orange
- Vincent O'Sullivan
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Sir Wilson Whineray
The great kiwi archetype runs through all nominees. Am looking forward to the next round of voting. I nominated Jeremy Wells, so it will be interesting to read the candidate profiles before the next vote.