Question: is new zealand money the same as american money

Answer: No, The New Zealand dollar (sign: $; code: NZD, also abbreviated NZ$) (Māori: Tāra o Aotearoa) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands. Within New Zealand, it is almost always abbreviated with the dollar sign ($), with ``NZ$'' sometimes used to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. In the context of currency trading, it is often informally called the ``Kiwi'' or ``Kiwi dollar'', since New Zealand is commonly associated with the indigenous bird and the one-dollar coin depicts a kiwi.