he appears on the five dollar note
No. Sir Edmund Hillary is featured on the New Zealand Five Dollar note.
The current New Zealand Five Dollar note issued from 1992, features Sir Edmund Hillary (mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist) on the obverse. The current New Zealand Ten Dollar note issued from 1993, features Kate Sheppard (women's suffrage) on the obverse. The current New Zealand Twenty Dollar note issued from 1999, features Queen Elizabeth II. The current New Zealand Fifty Dollar note issued from 1992, features Sir Apirana Ngata (politician) on the obverse. The current New Zealand One Hundred Dollar note issued from 1999, features Lord Ernest Rutherford of Nelson (the Father of the Atom) on the obverse.
New Zealand and Australia have distinct currencies. Australia has the Australian Dollar and New Zealand has the New Zealand Dollar. They are not interchangeable or usable in both countries and they have differing values.
New Zealand uses the New Zealand Dollar (NZD), which is not the same as the Australian dollar.
The unique feature of the New Zealand (1992) Five Dollar note is that it was the first New Zealand bank note printed with somebody other than the reigning monarch on the front and, that the person, Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), was still living. The New Zealand Ten (Kate Sheppard), Fifty (Sir Apirana Ngata)and One Hundred Dollar (Lord Rutherford of Nelson) notes, issued at about the same time, also featured people other than the reigning monarch on the front, all notable New Zealand historical figures who had all long since died.
No. Sir Edmund Hillary is featured on the New Zealand Five Dollar note.
In 1992 Hillary appeared on the updated New Zealand $5 note, thus making him the only New Zealander to appear on a banknote during his or her lifetime.
Sir Edmund Hillary with Mount Everest is depicted on the New Zealand $5 note issued from 1992.
The vehicle on the front of the current New Zealand Five Dollar note is a modified Massey Ferguson tractor, as was used by Sir Edmund Hillary, on his journey to the South Pole.
He is on the five dollar note.
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Sir Edmund Hillary was a famous New Zealand mountaineer and explorer and something of a philanthropist, who was the first, with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He also travelled to both the South and North Poles, and helped to set up a trust fund for the Sherpa people of Nepal. Sir Edmund Hillary appears on New Zealand Five Dollar notes issued from 1992 to present.
The current New Zealand Five Dollar note features Sir Edmund Hillary. The current New Zealand Ten Dollar note features Kate Sheppard. The current New Zealand Fifty Dollar note features Sir Apirana Ngata. The current New Zealand One Hundred Dollar note features Lord Ernest Rutherford.
Sir Edmond Hilliary was on the $5.00 because of his great achievements with climbing mount Everest and achieving some New Zealand pride
for New Zealand it is Sir Edmand Hillary
He was the first one to climb Mt Everest
if you mean New Zealand then Sir Edmand Hillary was on the five dollar note