Background
Every Chinese New Year, millions of crisp, new notes in hong bao envelopes are gifted all over the world. And the newer the notes, the more prosperous the gift. That means the lead-up to the New Year often sees huge queues forming at banks, as Chinese New Zealanders line up to order brand new notes, and fresh hong bao envelopes to put them in, ahead of time.
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