The sale of coins is part of New Zealand’s campaign to rebrand the country “100% Middle Earth” to attract tourists. Special commemorative stamps will also go on sale.

The Kiwi jumped about 1.20% on Friday, with the US Dollar tumbling across the board after July’s Nonfarm Payrolls report ...

New Zealand currency has had a long history of over 160 years. In fact, during the 1800s, New Zealand used its coins and banknotes before British currency was even legal currency. However, nothing ...

A digital currency should support the New Zealand dollar "as our single unit of account" and be exchanged 1-for-1 with cash, it said, adding "cash is here to stay for as long as some of us need it".