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New Zealand dollar

New Zealand dollar: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
NZD
Ancestry branch
Sterling

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New Zealand dollar: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS New Zealand poundNew Zealand pound 1967 · DocumentedNew Zealand dollars per New Zealand pound.Documented connection · 1967 · New Zealand dollars per New Zealand pound. New Zealand dollarNew Zealand dollar NZD No successor is established here.

The story

RBNZ dates decimal changeover to 10 July 1967 at two New Zealand dollars per pound. [1]

Price Order 2044 takes effect on 10 July 1967 and converts covered maximum prices at one dollar per ten shillings, with rounding and a transitional machine-conversion exception. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Reserve Bank of New Zealand museum · Preparing for decimal currency C186 ↗
  2. New Zealand Price Tribunal · New Zealand Gazette No.43, 6 July 1967 — Price Order No.2044 C465 ↗

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“New Zealand dollar.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000509.html

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