...New Zealand - $50 And $100 ND2018 Polymer, s. Adrian Orr

New Zealand

Aotearoa

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Est. 1934)
Te Putea Matua

Currency : Dollar (NZD)

Here are the two notes of $50 and $100 both printed with the year date (nd)2018. It is believe that there are the only notes printed. 

 

The two notes posted are reprints, first issued in 2016 "Brighter Money Series". Both notes This note bears the signature of Bank Governor, Adrian Orr, who was appointed to this role in March 2018. These are the first two banknote issued with his signature on it. It should be noted that a $20 nd2018 was also issued, but this note was signed by the then Acting Governor Grant Spencer. He was the bank's governor from October 2017 to March 2018.

As these are reprints, the designs are still the same except for the (nd)date and signature.

Fifty Dollars

 

Governor - Adrian Orr

Series - (nd)2018

Dimensions - 150mm x 72mm 

 

Front - To the center right is the portrait of Sir Apirana Ngata (b.1874–1950). Sir Apirana Ngata was the first Māori to graduate from a university in the country and a Member of Parliament for 38 years. He was a Maori activist during his lifetime. In the centre left is Porourangi Meeting House. This house was designed by Major Rōpata Wahawaha and was built in 1888. This house is significant to the Ngata family as it is located next to the original Ngata family home.

 

This Tukutuku panel is known as ‘Poutama’. It means ‘stairway to heaven’ and is a feature in the Porourangi meeting house. Ko Poutama te ingoa o tēnei tukutuku, arā, ko te pikinga ki ngā rangi. He tauira tēnei i roto i te wharenui o Porourangi.

Back - The kōkako or blue wattled crow (Callaeas Wilsoni) is a large, native bird with a distinctive bluish-grey body, a black face ‘mask’ and sky-blue wattles. The variety on the note is the North Island kōkako.

 

Pureora Forest Park, located in the central North Island, stretches for 78,000 hectares. It is one of the most ecologically significant forests in New Zealand and home to a large population of kōkako.

The sky-blue mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri) grows throughout New Zealand. It is notable for its bright blue colour, which fades with age. 

 

To the center left are two sky-blue mushrooms. The sky-blue mushroom can be found throughout the country and it has a very distinct bright blue colour, which fades with age. 

One Hundred Dollars

Governor - Adrian Orr

Series - (nd)2018

Dimensions - 156mm x 74.5mm

Front - Portrait of Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (b.1871-1937). Lord Rutherford of Nelson was born in the town called Brightwater in the north of South Island. During his lifetime, he was physicist and a researcher in atomic and nuclear physics. In 1908, he was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the first Nobel laureate from the Oceania region. To his right is the green gold Nobel Prize metal awarded to him.

Back - Mohua or yellowhead bird resting on a tree branch overlooking the Eglington valley in South Island. The Mohua are inhabits of the South Islead in New Zealand. Above the Eglington valley is a lichen moth