1 Dollar - Charles III 1st Portrait - Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve, 0.5oz Silver Proof

Wairarapa, on the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island, was designated a Dark Sky Reserve by the International Dark-Sky Association in 2021 — one of only a handful of such reserves in the Southern Hemisphere. The reserve's certification hinged on strict controls over light pollution across Wairarapa's rural municipalities, a process that involved coordinated policy changes at the local government level.

This is Charles III's first portrait as issuing monarch on New Zealand coinage, following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.