There were six episodes to present the list, and a final (seventh) episode, screened live on 17 November 2005, showed the rankings of the top ten of these people as a result of votes collected from the public via text and internet.
[citation needed] Diana Wichtel, reviewing the show in the New Zealand Listener, described it as "surprisingly watchable", but commented that the format was "history as striptease, with the programme counting down over the weeks to the big winner.
"[2] Scott Kara, writing in The New Zealand Herald, called it "educational but not dull".
[5] The show's rankings were produced by merging the ratings of eight panellists, who are all well-known New Zealanders: On the final programme, the 101st on the list was revealed: 101.
Sir Mountford "Toss" Woollaston (1910–1998) – painter Other countries have produced similar shows; see Greatest Britons spin-offs