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Australian-owned banks

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Australian-owned banks

The Wellington city skyline was dominated by bank buildings in 1992. In the 2000s the banks represented here – National Bank, Bank of New Zealand, ANZ and Westpac – were all Australian-owned.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1992/2496/19

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

C. John McDermott and Rishab Sethi, Balance of payments – Sustainable current accounts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23974/australian-owned-banks (accessed 4 June 2026).

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