New Zealand don't have contract grades.
Twenty five players are ranked by the selectors against set criteria in respect of Test cricket, ODI cricket and Twenty20 internationals. There is a weighting for each form of the game and the 20 players with the highest aggregate score are then offered NZC contracts.
They all earn different amounts of money based on where each play ranks, but they don't make them official, here are the 20 players:
Brent Arnel - (Northern Knights)
Grant Elliott - (Wellington Firebirds)
Martin Guptill - (Auckland Aces)
Gareth Hopkins - (Auckland Aces)
Chris Martin - (Auckland Aces)
Brendon McCullum - (Otago Volts)
Nathan McCullum - (Otago Volts)
Tim McIntosh - (Auckland Aces)
Andy McKay - (Wellington Firebirds)
Kyle Mills - (Auckland Aces)
Jacob Oram - (Central Stags)
Jeetan Patel - (Wellington Firebirds)
Jesse Ryder - (Wellington Firebirds)
Tim Southee - (Northern Knights)
Scott Styris - (Northern Knights)
Ross Taylor - (Central Stags)
Daryl Tuffey - (Auckland Aces)
Daniel Vettori - (Northern Knights)
BJ Watling - (Northern Knights)
Kane Williamson - (Northern Knights)