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| Two cents. Bronze (97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin) with plain edges. Shows New Zealand native kowhai flowers. |
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| One cent. Bronze (97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin) with plain edges. Shows a fern leaf on one side, with Queen Elizabeth II on the other. |
| One and two cent coins were demonetised in 1990. |
| Five cents Alloy: Cupro-nickel Diameter: 19.43mm Weight: 2.83g Design: The last surviving member of an otherwise extinct family of reptiles, the tuatara, native only to New Zealand, is shown sitting on a coastal rock. |
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| Ten cents Alloy: Cupro-nickel Diameter: 23.62mm Weight: 5.66g Design: A Maori carved head or koruru. |
| Twenty cents Alloy: Cupro-nickel Diameter: 28.58mm Weight: 11.31g Design: There are two designs currently in usage. A 20 cent piece featuring a Maori carving was released in 1990, when the kiwi motif was moved to the $1 coin. |
| Fifty cents Alloy: Cupro-nickel Diameter: 31.75mm Weight: 13.61g Design: The barque Endeavour, commanded by Captain Cook, sailing south, with Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the distance. |
| New Zealand coins 1967 - present |
| On 10 July 1967, New Zealand currency changed over to decimal currency. |
| 100cents = 1 dollar |
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