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A shop in Newtown, Wellington, advertises a service to transfer money by Samoan immigrants in New Zealand back to their families in Samoa. Such transactions are one of the elements in the current account.

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C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, Balance of payments – Current, financial and capital accounts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23956/advertisement-for-money-transfers (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, published 12 April 2010.