1 Pound Bank of New Zealand, Straight bank name

The Bank of New Zealand, though a commercial institution, issued its own notes under New Zealand's pre-Reserve Bank regime — a system that persisted until the Reserve Bank Act of 1933 brought private banknote issue to an end. This note dates from the final years of that arrangement. The "Straight bank name" designation distinguishes it from earlier printings where the bank's title curved along an arc across the face; Bradbury Wilkinson modified the typographic layout at some point in the series, making the two variants meaningfully distinct to collectors despite their visual similarity at a glance.

Bradbury Wilkinson printed the bulk of New Zealand's commercial bank paper during this period from their New Malden works in Surrey.