Tauranga National candidates Sam Uffindell, Tom Rutherford, Kelvin Clout and Matt Cowley.
A city councillor turned real estate agent, a Tauranga Business Chamber boss, a council analyst and a financial crime investigator have all been shortlisted as potential National Party candidates for the Tauranga byelection.
Kelvin Clout, Matt Cowley, Tom Rutherford and Sam Uffindell are up for final selection. The successful candidate
will fill the National Party Tauranga candidacy and contend the city's upcoming byelection, prompted by the resignation of Simon Bridges.
National campaign chairman Todd McClay said all four men were strong contenders.
Clout, a Tauranga City councillor before the appointment of commissioners, is a real estate agent, Cowley has been chief executive of Tauranga Business Chamber for nearly three years, Rutherford is an analyst at Western Bay of Plenty District Council, and Uffindell heads the financial crime unit at Rabobank and is a local agribusiness owner.
The successful candidate will be selected by about 70 Tauranga National Party members on Sunday.