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Currency: New Zealand Dollar (NZ$) = 100 cents. Notes are in denominations of NZ$100, 50, 20, 10 and 5. Coins are in denominations of NZ$2 and 1, and 50, 20, 10 and 5 cents.
Currency exchange: Exchange facilities are widely available throughout New Zealand.
Credit & debit cards: MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and Visa are widely accepted. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services that might be available.
Travellers cheques: Can be exchanged at official rates at trading banks, large hotels and some shops. To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take travellers cheques in US Dollars, Pounds Sterling or Australian Dollars.
Currency restrictions: There are no restrictions on the import and export of foreign or local currency.
Exchange rate indicators
The following figures are included as a guide to the movements of the New Zealand Dollar against Sterling and the US Dollar:
| Date | May ’02 | Aug ’02 | Nov ’02 | Feb ’03 | | £1.00= | 3.09 | 3.26 | 3.14 | 2.85 | | $1.00= | 2.12 | 2.14 | 1.99 | 1.79 |
Banking hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1630.
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