10 Facts About Kiwibank

Kiwibank is owned by the New Zealand Government and provides some of its banking services through its PostShops and more recently through financial services only branches as well.

Kiwibank is similar in many respects to an earlier post office-based bank owned by the New Zealand Government.

Kiwibank launched in 2002 with 211 branches open nationwide by 30 June.

In 2008, one analysis saw Kiwibank as having fostered a new level of competition in banking in New Zealand in terms of lower fees and growth in service.

In 2008 Kiwibank unveiled an advertising campaign, "Join The Movement", which portrayed foreign-owned competitors as enemy occupiers.

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In 2014, Kiwibank launched its "Independence" advertising campaign where it "compares itself to anyone who has ever immigrated to New Zealand".

Kiwibank was one of the major sponsors of The Block NZ from 2012 - 2014.

Kiwibank is the major sponsor of the New Zealander of the Year Awards.

In 2016 Kiwibank announced a partnership with the Predator Free New Zealand Trust and the Department of Conservation .

Kiwibank worked with PFNZ to establish the Kiwibank Predator Free Communities Programme which works with communities wanting to take up the predator-free challenge.