24 November 2013 ~ NZ Currency
Listening to: Wilco ~ Outta Mind (Outta Sight)
The bills are very interesting and informative. Also easy to use because they are color coded. I didn't get a picture of the $10 bill.
Sir Apirana Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.
He is positioned next to the Porourangi Meeting House. It took twelve years, from 1852 to 1864, to build the house. When it was completed it was truly a work of art. Each part of it is designed not only to display Maori skills, arts and crafts, but also to represent ancestral figures, elders and warriors who performed great deeds for their people. All these ancestors lived within the Ngati Porou tribal area.
The reverse side diplays:
Conifer broadleaf forest scene
Kōkako (Blue wattled crow)
Supplejack (kareao)
Sky-blue mushroom
I was intrigued by this Sky-blue mushroom, so I googled it to get more information.
It looks like it could be something offered to Alice just before she makes a journey in to Wonderland but this sky blue mushroom is not a product of the imagination of Lewis Caroll. It can be found on both islands of New Zealand.
It is not edible. It gets its very distinctive blue color from pigments within the body of the fruit known as azulene. Azulene is found in nature as a constituent not only of pigments in mushrooms but of some marine invertebrates.
The $20 note is represented by Queen Elizabeth II.
A New Zealand alpine scene backgrounds a Karearea (New Zealand falcon), a Marlborough rock daisy, a Flowering red tussock, and Mount Tapuaenuku.
Sir Edmund Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist and he adorns the $5 note, along with Aoraki/Mount Cook and a Ferguson TE20 tractor.
On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Amongst the Campbell Island scene can be seen an Hoiho (Yellow-eyed Penguin), Ross Lily and Bull kelp.
The bills are very interesting and informative. Also easy to use because they are color coded. I didn't get a picture of the $10 bill.
Sir Apirana Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand politician and lawyer. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have ever served in Parliament, and is also known for his work in promoting and protecting Māori culture and language.
He is positioned next to the Porourangi Meeting House. It took twelve years, from 1852 to 1864, to build the house. When it was completed it was truly a work of art. Each part of it is designed not only to display Maori skills, arts and crafts, but also to represent ancestral figures, elders and warriors who performed great deeds for their people. All these ancestors lived within the Ngati Porou tribal area.
Conifer broadleaf forest scene
Kōkako (Blue wattled crow)
Supplejack (kareao)
Sky-blue mushroom
I was intrigued by this Sky-blue mushroom, so I googled it to get more information.
It looks like it could be something offered to Alice just before she makes a journey in to Wonderland but this sky blue mushroom is not a product of the imagination of Lewis Caroll. It can be found on both islands of New Zealand.
It is not edible. It gets its very distinctive blue color from pigments within the body of the fruit known as azulene. Azulene is found in nature as a constituent not only of pigments in mushrooms but of some marine invertebrates.
The $20 note is represented by Queen Elizabeth II.
A New Zealand alpine scene backgrounds a Karearea (New Zealand falcon), a Marlborough rock daisy, a Flowering red tussock, and Mount Tapuaenuku.
Sir Edmund Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist and he adorns the $5 note, along with Aoraki/Mount Cook and a Ferguson TE20 tractor.
On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Amongst the Campbell Island scene can be seen an Hoiho (Yellow-eyed Penguin), Ross Lily and Bull kelp.
posted by ~L~ @ 7:48 PM
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