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NEW ZEALAND
Country in Oceania
New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui), and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and around 600 smaller islands.
Capital city: Wellington
41°18′S 174°47′E
Largest city: Auckland
Official language: English, Māori, NZ Sign Language
Area: 268,021 km2
Currency: New Zealand dollar ($) (NZD)
Time zone: UTC+12 (NZST), Summer (DST) UTC+13 (NZDT)
Driving side: left
Calling code: +64
ISO 3166 code: NZ
The New Zealand dollar (sign: $; code: NZD, also abbreviated NZ$) (Māori: Tāra o Aotearoa) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands.
2 Dollar
Aluminium bronze, Diameter: 26.5mm, Weight: 10.0g
The kotuku (white heron), flying right. The kotuku is one of New Zealand’s rarest birds and is held in particularly high regard in Maori mythology.
1 Dollar
Aluminium bronze, Diameter: 23mm, Weight: 8.0g
The kiwi, bringing to reality the colloquial term ‘Kiwi Dollar’.
50 Cent
Cupro-nickel, Diameter: 24.75mm, Weight: 5.15g
The barque Endeavour, commanded by Captain Cook, sailing south, with Mt. Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance under the figure “50”.
20 Cent
Nickel plated steel, Diameter: 21.75mm, Weight: 4.12g
Representation of a well-known Maori “pukaki” carving.
10 Cent
Copper plated steel, Diameter: 20.5mm, Weight: 3.31g
A Maori carved head or koruru under the figure “10” with Maori rafter patterns.
100 Dollars 2016
155 mm × 74 mm, red color,
Obverse: Lord Rutherford of Nelson
Nobel Prize medal
Whakaaro Kotahi patterning.
Reverse: Mohua (yellowhead)
South Island lichen moth (Declana egregia)
Eglinton Valley (in Fiordland National Park)
50 Dollars 2016
150 mm × 72 mm, purple color,
Obverse: Sir Āpirana Ngata
Porourangi Meeting House
Poutama patterning
Reverse: Kōkako (blue wattled crow)
Pureora Forest Park
Sky-blue mushroom
20 Dolars 2016
145 mm × 70 mm, green color,
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
New Zealand Parliament Buildings
Poutama patterning
Reverse: Kārearea (New Zealand falcon)
Tapuae-o-Uenuku/Mount Tapuaenuku
Marlborough rock daisy.
10 Dollars 2015
140 mm × 68 mm, blue color,
Obverse: Kate Sheppard
White camellia flowers
Mangaroa (purapura whetu) patterning
Reverse: Whio (blue duck) with ducklings
Pineapple Scrub
New Zealand Kiokio
5 Dollars 2015
135 mm × 66 mm, orange color,
Obvers: Sir Edmund Hillary
Aoraki/Mount Cook
Kaokao patterning
Reverse: Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin)
Campbell Island
Campbell Island Daisy
