A Bulgarian-born intellectual property lawyer and a Southland man turned corporate highflyer in Sydney are among the new names catapulted to the top of the ACT Party's list ahead of the election.
Antonia Modkova and Todd Stephenson are among the newbies while a couple of sitting MPs have been bumped down.
And one of the newcomers says it's time politicians took greater notice of the threat posed by AI.
David Seymour - ready to reveal the names of his ministers in waiting.
"They believe in personal freedom for your body and your mind and your money and your property. These are people who want the Government to get out of the boardroom and out," he said.
Given its polling, ACT is in a position to rev up its demands.
"Our strong preference is a tight coalition with National with an action plan to fix New Zealand's problems, but that action plan must include decisive action on the Treaty and race relations," Seymour said.
And the top tax rate? Within two years it's gotta go.
"It is just tall poppy syndrome in the tax code," Seymour argued.
And if National doesn't play ball, Seymour said ACT will happily sit on the cross-benches.
"We are not seduced by the baubles of office, we've seen other people go wrong doing that," he said.
Newshub's latest poll has ACT getting 14 seats, and given today's list that would mean goodbye to a couple of current MPs - but Seymour points to other polls that'd keep them safe.
Toni Severin's down to number 14 while Chris Bailie's been bumped right down to 17. Seymour said it was a tough cull.
"It's not that the people who use to be there weren't good, they were very good," he said.
Antonia Modkova is ranked at 12. She's an intellectual property lawyer who specialises in AI who was alarmed by the ignorance of a Parliament select committee.
"It took hours to explain to an MP what a mobile app is and how you order an Uber, so imagine how hard it'd be to explain AI to a politician," Modkova said.
The newbie at number four - Todd Stephenson - already has his boss's full backing, while MP Dr James McDowall has bowed out.
"James has communicated that where he is in his life, he has a young family, he's proud to have done three years but he said 'my heart's not in another three'," Seymour said.
Leaving space for those on the list who are champing at the bit.
