Journalist Tina White's weekly "Memory Lane" article in the Manawatū Standard. On Monday 10 July 1967, New Zealand swapped pounds, shillings and pence for dollars and cents. The new coins presented some problems for parking meters and domestic gas...

Creator:      Tina White
Place:          New Zealand
Date:          July 10, 2010

Over 240,000 coins make up this nearly 2 meter tall penny pile- valued at over £1000 at the time. It was created to raise money to build a swimming pool at the occupation centre in Savage Crescent for the benefit of intellectually disabled childre...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960s