New Zealand - Telephone Service

Telephone -- The country code for New Zealand is 64. When calling New Zealand from outside the country, you must first dial the country code, then the city code (for example, 03, 09, or 06), but without the zero. The telephone area code in New Zealand is known as the STD (subscriber toll dialing). To call long-distance within New Zealand, dial the STD -- 09 for Auckland and Northland, 07 for the Thames Valley, 06 for the East Coast and Wanganui, 04 for Wellington, or 03 for the South Island -- and then the local number. (If you're calling from outside New Zealand, omit the zero.) For operator assistance within New Zealand, dial 010; for directory assistance, 018. There are three main kinds of public telephones in New Zealand: card phones, credit card phones, and coin phones. Magnetic strip phone cards for public phones can be purchased from supermarkets, post offices, dairies, and service stations.