Bank of Aotearoa

Te Peeke o Aotearoa (often translated as the Bank of Aotearoa or Bank of the North Island) was a Māori‑initiated financial institution established in 1886 at Parawera by the second Māori King, Tāwhiao. It formed part of the wider programme of political and economic autonomy pursued by the Kīngitanga in the late nineteenth century. The bank operated at Parawera, Maungatautari and Maungakawa, and appears to have remained active until at least 1905.