TELEPHONES IN NEW ZEALAND

Telecom and Vodafone are two telecommunication providers in New Zealand. However, Telecom New Zealand still the major provider, offers both national and international services and operates two types of colour coded payphones : phone card booths (green) and credit card booths (yellow). Coin phones are blue.

Public phones are located on streets, in shopping malls, and in post offices. Most public phones now use phone cards. You can purchase telephone cards at gas stations, post offices or any shop displaying the lime-green “phone cards are available” sign. They are available in denomination of NZ $5, $10, $20, $50. You can make direct dial international calls from most phone boxes. Hotels and motels will add charges for international calls.

A local call from a public phone costs 20 cents a minute. International calls have a minimum charger of NZ $3. For all emergencies dial 111 and state whether you need police, an ambulance or the fire brigade. There is no charge.
Local operator : 010
International operator : 0170
International access code : 00
Please note : toll-free numbers beginning with 0800 are free only within New Zealand
International dialling code : New Zealand (00) 64 or +64
Please note : omit the 0 from the area code when calling from overseas, eg. For Auckland, dial +64 9 1234567, not +64 09 1234567