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Centennial exhibition money box

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Centennial exhibition money box

At the New Zealand centennial exhibition in Wellington, held during the first months of 1940, visitors could acquire a decorative Post Office Savings Bank book.

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David Tripe, Banking and finance – Banking and finance since 1984, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26067/centennial-exhibition-money-box (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Tripe, published 26 February 2010.