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New Zealand's $5 Note
Nominated by Sean Pemberton, IBNS Member 10979
| Note | New Zealand B137 (PNL): 5 dollars (US$3 55) |
| Predominant Colour(s) | Brown and orange |
| Front | Penguin SPARK patch; Mount Cook/Aoraki; Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Back | Daisy (Pleurophyllum speciosum) flower; yellow-eyed penguin/hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes) bird; ferns |
| Watermark | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Additional Security | No security thread |
| Printer | CBN |
| Size | 138 x 66 mm Polymer |
| Introduced | 12/10/2015 |
| Information provided courtesy of The Banknote Book | |