It was immediately recognisable due to its size and the fact that on one side there was the image of an elderly, bearded Aboriginal chap.
Just how long it had been doing the cash register rounds in this land is anyone's guess.
It was all quite fitting though as (yes, I'm getting to the television angle now) we are used to having a lot of Australiana about.
There has been a lot of discussion and talk through the years about New Zealand becoming an unofficial state of the great southern land, opening the borders and sharing each others economic wealth and the like, and to a degree I suspect that has been partially achieved.
There are more Australian shows on television than there are Kiwi ones.
They have the best morning show, through Sky News, and they have the ability to create and deliver game shows which are actually entertaining.
The occasionally manic Deal Or No Deal is just plain catchy, and Millionaire - Hot Seat provides a no-pressure opportunity to sit back and make a guess when the answer is elusive.
Easy watching.
There are about 20 Aussie shows screening over the next five days - that's a pretty healthy quota, and about four times the number of Kiwi shows.
Of course, the Kiwi population over at Bondi is a healthy quota also, so in exchange we get stuff like Bondi Vet and Bondi Rescue.
We are also treated to seeing Australian customs officers at work as well as Australian bachelors on the prowl and Australian "big brother" participants mindlessly putting up with each other.
And in sport we have the Aussie Big Bash cricket which sort of makes our version of the short-short game look like it's being played in someone's scarcely populated backyard.
So, to a degree, the amalgamation of Aussie and Kiwi cultures and economies is well under way, which is a good thing given that the alternative would be an avalanche of clone-like American sitcoms and bizarre "last-person-standing" type quests and competitions.
As well, Australia has given us Prime TV, an affiliation of the 9 Network, and it is no stranger to rolling out Kiwi shows, as it does next Sunday.
The Prime Presents documentary is about New Zealand's apparently under-threat environment and what follows is a Prime Rocks documentary about The Exponents - arguably one of the land's finest rock ... exponents.
Thanks, cobbers ... thanks for providing a channel to run some Kiwi shows on.
Prime Presents - Keeping It Pure, Prime at 8.30pm Sunday: We all know the catch-cry of Kiwi tourism. "Clean - Green". Yes, the clear skies and green fields, and the signs on rivers, lakes and beaches warning that bacteria levels are too extreme for the taking of the waters, or the taking of seafood for that matter. So just how pure and green and clean are we, and if things are turning to murk (ask anyone downriver from a huge dairy farm) then what can we do about it?
Prime Rocks - The Exponents, Prime at 9.35pm Sunday: I first saw the Dance Exponents (they dropped the "dance" later) around 1983 or 84 at The Cabana. They were very good, and Jordan Luck knew how to craft a very good song. We all know Victoria and Why Does Love Do This To Me but check out Airway Spies ... it's my pick of the crop. The last time I saw the Exponents was about two years ago when they reformed and toured and they were (no surprises here) very good. I shall squeeze into an appropriate pair of jeans and one of my well-worn black T-shirts and savour this.
