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The New Zealand Five Dollar note issued from 1999 to present features Sir Edmund Hillary on the new polymer note. The reverse has a Yellow eyed penguin or hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes), Subantarctic lily (Bulbinella rossii), Pleurophyllum speciosum is a large member of the daisy family and Bull kelp (Durvillaea antarctica).

Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) was one of the only living non-heads-of-state to feature on a banknote worldwide.

The New Zealand Ten Dollar note issued from 1999 to present features Kate Sheppard (women's suffrage) on the obverse of the new polymer note. The reverse shows the Whio or Blue Duck, the Parahebe catarractae (the largest plant group unique to New Zealand) and the Blechnum Fern which is very common throughout New Zealand.

The New Zealand Twenty Dollar note issued from 1999 to present features Queen Elizabeth II and the New Zealand Parliament Buildings on the obverse of the new polymer note. The reverse shows a New Zealand Alpine scene, containing a karearea (Falco novaeseelandiae), Marlborough rock daisy (Pachystegia insignis), Flowering red tussock (Chionchloa rubra) and Mount Tapuaenuku.

The New Zealand Fifty Dollar note issued from 2000 to present (Issue 6) features Sir Apirana Ngata (politician) on the front. The reverse features the Blue Wattled Crow or Kokako (Calaeas cinerea), a view of Pureora Forest, the Supplejack or Kareao (Ripogonum scandens) and the Sky-blue mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri).

The New Zealand One Hundred Dollar note issued from 1999 to present (Issue 6) New Zealand polymer $100 note features Lord Ernest Rutherford of Nelson (1871-1937) a Nobel prize winner on the front, and a view of Eglinton Valley and some of the flora and fauna of the area including the Mohua or Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala), South Island lichen moth and the Red Beech.

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