The money here in New Zealand is quite
interesting. The bills all have distinctly different sizes, are waxy
and quite colorful.
After growing up seeing a bunch of dead white guys printed on all the cash, it is refreshing to see a woman on many of the bills and coins (the Queen). The smallest bill is a five, featuring Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to summit Everest (he was a kiwi born just outside of Nelson). The smallest coin denomination is the 10 cent piece so if you pay with cash, they round it off to the nearest 10 cents.
Like the Canadians, New Zealand also has a two dollar coin, but rather than a loon, it features a kotuku (a heron of sorts). And of course, the little kiwi (the national symbol of NZ) can be found on their one dollar coin.
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