Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor
The new New Zealand $5 note has been announced as a finialist in the in the Banknote of the Year competition.
The competition is run yearly by the the International Bank Note Society.
The other nominated notes for International Bank Note of the Year include Singapore’s $50 and Tonga’s $50 Pa’anga.
The winner will be announced next month.
The 2014 winner was Trinidad & Tobago’s $50 note.
Mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary features prominently on the note.
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38 Responses
I know where Sir Edmund Hillary’s old Bach house is because my Bach house is close to it.
Wow
I hope that the new $5 NZ note wins because I like the gold penguin.
I like the new doller note, I think it’s much better then the old one.
Isn’t the note beautiful?
really how did that 5 dollar note be so lucky!.
oh my gosh how could that 5 doller note be so lucky can you belive it
WOW!.
EVERYTHING WILL BE AWESOME IF IT WINS! (SUNG TO THE TUNE OF EVERYTHING IS AWESOME FROM THE LEGO MOVIE) 🙂
I hope we win!
wow
i mean really
i dont get it
i like all the detail in the note
I like the new note
Be cool if it wins.
Wow just a dollar note 😐 <3
Sweet
Sweet and Cool at the same time:)
that’s amazing! just that 5$ note.
The $5 note represents us. Sir Edmond Hillary was a New Zealander! (Everyone knows that ☺)
good
That’s quite amazing but I really think the new $5 note looks ungly no that’s an understatement it’s absolutely hideous
That’s cool!
that is so awesome
I wonder how they judge that???
Woah, that’s really cool, didn’t know that.
Cool?✌??❤️
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I think the New Zealand $5 note is the best.
It should be the new $10 or the same one that is on
COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is so interesting and fun to learn
is cool that nz has a note in the comp!
this is so cool i am so happy about this the new note is amazing
Let’s win this NZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Wow this is really cool I’m existed
Lets do this NZ