New Zealand bank notes

New Zealand switched its banknotes to polymer in 1999 and has since had one of the most consistent series in the world: a national figure on the obverse and an endemic bird on the reverse, always, without exception.

A series with criteria

Edmund Hillary, the first to summit Everest, shares the series with Kate Sheppard, who led New Zealand to become the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in 1893. Opposite them, the kākāriki, the mōhua, the kārearea. It is a declaration of national identity made in paper money.

Before polymer

Paper issues featuring the effigy of Elizabeth II cover the period from 1967, when the country switched from the pound to the dollar, until the change of substrate. They are significantly scarcer in high grades than the plastic ones.

What you will find here

New Zealand dollars with Pick reference and actual condition. Together with Australia, they form the core of polymer banknotes.

Careful with plastic

A crease in polymer leaves a white line that does not go away. These banknotes are always shipped flat and protected.

Discover more banknotes from the region in Oceania Banknotes.