Tag: New Zealand

• Heroine Banknotes: Women who Changed the World

  

  Earlier this month the world celebrated International Women’s Day (on March 8). The day recognized the achievements of women across social, political, economic, and cultural spectra. It also commemorated their fight for equality and liberation, which in many places continues today. As Women’s history month marches on, this post is dedicated to several women who…

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  March 24, 2025

  Oceania, South America

  art, banknotes, Colombia, currency, food, heroine, independence, liberty, New Zealand, patriot, politics, polymer, series, Spain, sports, suffrage, travel, Venezuela

• $5 New Zealand: This Kiwi Doesn’t Fly Either But It’s Got Much Swagger

  

  The New Zealand Dollar (NZD), was introduced by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in 1967 as the nation’s new currency taking over for the Pound. The $5 is one of five current denominations (the others are: 10, 20, 50 and 100), and since 1999 all of have been issued as polymer notes. The sizes…

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  January 7, 2024

  Oceania

  banknotes, currency, dollars, Edmund Hillary, hiking, island, money, Māori, New Zealand, Oceania, penguin, polymer, travel