Banknote gauges to help people with sight loss better identify New Zealand’s currency have been released by the Reserve Bank in collaboration with organisations representing the blindness community. Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Geoff Bascand said the Reserve Bank consulted with representative groups during the development of the Brighter Money Series 7 banknotes about features to help people who are blind or have low vision to identify notes and distinguish denominations. “Feedback from this consultation indicated that different note sizes, greater colour contrast between notes, large bold numerals, and clearer ... (full story)