How is sir Edmund percival hillary on the 5 dollar note?

In 1992 Hillary

appeared on the updated New Zealand $5 note for recognition of his

charity work, thus making him the only New Zealander to appear on a

banknote during his or her lifetime, in defiance of the established

convention for banknotes of using only depictions of deceased

individuals, and current heads of state. The Reserve Bank governor

at the time, Don Brash, had originally intended to use a deceased

sportsperson on the $5 note but could not find a suitable

candidate. Instead he broke with convention by requesting and

receiving Hillary's permission, along with an insistence from

Hillary to use Aoraki/Mount Cook rather than Mount Everest in the

backdrop.