| Peter Arnett | 1934 |
| Sylvia Ashton-Warner | |
| Kylie Bax | 1975 |
| Jim Bolger | 1935 |
| Jane Campion | 1954 |
| Brad Carter | |
| Silvia Cartwright | 1943 |
| Helen Clark | 1950 |
| Marton Csokas | 1966 |
| Richard Curtis | 1956 |
| Scott Dixon | 1980 |
| Neil Finn | 1958 |
| Tim Finn | 1952 |
| Janet Frame | 1924 - 2004 |
| Peter Fraser | 1884 - 1950 |
| Alan Gregg | |
| George Grey | 1812 - 1898 |
| Martin Henderson | 1974 |
| Edmund Hillary | 1919 |
| Rachel Hunter | 1969 |
| Peter Jackson | 1961 |
| Phil Keoghan | 1967 |
| Michael King | 1945 - 2004 |
| David Kirk | 1961 |
| Lucy Lawless | 1968 |
| Jonah Lomu | 1975 |
| Jack Lovelock | 1910 - 1949 |
| Arthur Lydiard | 1917 - 2004 |
| Margaret Mahy | 1936 |
| Katherine Mansfield | 1888 - 1923 |
| John Money | 1921 - 2006 |
| Walter Nash | 1882 - 1968 |
| Ruth Park | 1922 |
| Brian Perkins | |
| Ernest Rutherford | 1871 - 1937 |
| Jenny Shipley | 1952 |
| Peter Snell | 1938 |
| Kiri Te Kanawa | 1944 |
| Glenn Turner | 1947 |
| Karl Urban | 1972 |
| Hugh Walpole | 1884 - 1941 |
| Maurice Wilkins | 1916 - 2004 |