...New Zealand - $20 ND2018 s. Grant Spencer (Acting Governor) Polymer Note Reprint

 New Zealand

(Aotearoa)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (since 1934)
(Te Putea Matua)

Currency : Dollar (NZD)

 

This is the second banknote printed with the year date of (nd)2018. The other known note issued was the $50 which I have uploaded on my site earlier. It is not sure if other denominations are also printed but not released yet.

 

Like the $50 (nd)2018 issued earlier, this is the reprint of the previous issue of the Brighter Money polymer series, first released in 2016. The Brighter Money Series was first introduced in 2015 with the first two denominations of $5 and $10, The rest of the series was released in 2016.

 

Unlike the $50 (nd)2018, the signature on this $20 is not the same. This note has the signature of Grant Spencer. At the time of the order for the reprint, Grant Spencer was appointed as the Acting Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from October 2017 for six months (to March 2018) to cover the post-election period while the New Zealand new Government made a permanent appointment (Adrian Orr appointed since 27.03.2018). As such this note is printed with the year date of (nd)2018. This note was then not released until 13.12.2021. It would be fair to say that this is the only note that bears the signature of Grant Spencer, unless he gets the Bank's governor position offer at the next opportunity. Good luck.

 

Twenty Dollars

Parliament building in Wellington, Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926)

 

Front - Queen Elizabeth the Second. This portrait was taken in 2011 for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. The Queen was born in 1926 and this portrait was taken when the Queen was 85 years old. On her right is the image of the New Zealand parliament building in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand located at the southern tip of North Island. Construction for the parliament house was first started in 1914 and completed in 1922. An image of a flying New Zealand falcon is printed on the left-hand side of the note.

 

Signature - Grant Spencer (Acting Governor)

Dimensions - 145mm x 70mm

Back - The main feature is the New Zealand falcon, standing on a nest. The New Zealand falcon is an endangered species with less 5000 pairs left in the country. In the background is Mount Tapuae-O-Uenuku (formerly known as Mount Tapuaenuku). This mountain range is situated in the northeast of New Zealand's South Island. The name given is in Maori, meaning 'footprint of the rainbow'. Also, printed on the note is a Marlborough Rock daisy or Pachystegia insignis. A famous New Zealand fern in golden colour is also printed on the right side of the note.

Karearea (Moari) or New Zealand falcon

 

...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