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New Zealand switched from paper to polymer banknotes in 1999, contracting the Canadian Bank Note Company rather than the more obvious choice of Note Printing Australia — the original developer of Guardian polymer technology. That decision gave CBN a foothold in polymer production that would expand considerably over the following decade.

The P#192 series introduced a redesigned security window with more complex optically variable elements than the earlier polymer issues, part of a broader 2015–2016 refresh across the full denomination range.