New Zealand 5 Pounds banknote, Maori Chief - Māori King |
New Zealand 5 Pounds bank note |
Currency of New Zealand - 5 Pounds banknote of 1934, issued by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
New Zealand banknotes, New Zealand paper money, New Zealand bank notes
Obverse: Portrait of Maori Chief with Tattooed Face and the Kiwi Bird.
Reverse: Milford Sound and Mitre Peak.
Printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited, London.
Maori Chief - Matutaera Tāwhiao (Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao; died 26 August 1894) was leader of the Waikato tribes, the second Māori King and a religious visionary. He was a member of the Ngāti Mahuta iwi (tribe) of Waikato.