Colonial Bank of New Zealand sign

Bank sign employing Chinese characters to advertise remittances to Hong Kong.

Colonial Bank of New Zealand sign

Image Courtesy of: Lakes District Museum

Otago Provincial Government invited Chinese miners to come to the Otago goldfields. They created a separate settlement in Arrowtown, remaining until 1928.

Arrowtown was a gold mining community composed mainlhy of Chinese miners. The Colonial Bank of New Zealand used Chinese script to encourage Chinese miners to deposit their gold and a service to exchange Hong Kong money.