Services will be held next week to pay tribute to former Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd boss Nick Calavrias.
He died on January 7 after being struck by a car while cycling on the Taupo bypass near his holiday home.
Calavrias, 67, was a well-known businessman and was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2011 for services to business.
A funeral notice for Calavrias described him as the "treasured and adored husband" of Mariana, an "amazing father and friend" to his children and a "loving Papou" to three grandsons.
"Nick touched thousands of lives and will be greatly missed. RIP our Man of Steel," the funeral notice said.