Smith Cambridge University Press
Rachel Buchanan reviews 'A Concise History of New Zealand' by Philippa Mein
Rachel Buchanan
Friday, 20 January 2012
New Zealand coins often sneak into Australian purses. Both currencies bear the queen’s, and some coins have common colonial symbols on the front (Cook’s Endeavour on the Kiwi fifty cent, for example), but these coins only work by stealth. They have value if they can pass as Australian. Recognised for what they are – foreign objects – their currency evaporates ...
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February 2012, no. 338