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Experience NZ Travel Ltd
travel@experiencenz.com
Level 8, AMP Chambers
187 Featherston St
Wellington 6011
New Zealand
PO Box 25434
Panama Street
Wellington 6146
Tel. +64 (4) 473 4470*
Fax. +64 (4) 473 4471
*Office hours are 9:00a.m. to 5:30p.m. NZ time is currently: 11:40AM (Friday)
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| New Zealand Telephone and Language Guide |
New Zealand English | Maori
New Zealand enjoys a very high standard of telephony services including extensive coverage for both analogue and digital mobile phones. Additionally, there is an extensive network of public telephones which operate with coins, credit cards, or prepaid phone cards.
» In an emergency dial 111
New Zealand's telephone numbers comply with the international format of country code, area code, telephone number. All phone numbers listed in this web site are displayed +64 9 123 4567, where +64 denotes the country code, 9 the area code, and 123 4567 the telephone number.
| NEW ZEALAND TELEPHONE DIALING GUIDE |
| NZ Country Code |
64 |
| International calls to NZ |
To make a call to Auckland from overseas you need to dial your local international access code (typically 00) followed by the New Zealand country code (64) followed by the area code for Auckland (9) followed by the seven-digit telephone number. For example 00 64 9 123 4567. |
| NZ National Access Code |
0 |
| Area Codes |
9 - Northland, the Bay of Islands, Auckland
7 - Coromandel, Bay of Plenty (Tauranga), Waikato (Hamilton)
6 - Hawkes Bay, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Wairarapa
4 - Wellington
3 - The South Island (Nelson, Christchurch, Dunedin, Queenstown, Invercargill) |
| National calls within NZ |
To make a call to Auckland from anywhere within New Zealand (but outside of Auckland itself) you need to dial our national access code (0) followed by the area code for Auckland (9) followed by the seven-digit telephone number. For example 09 123 4567. |
| Local calls within NZ |
To make a local call (to a number located in the same town or city that you are in) you just need to dial the seven-digit telephone number. For example 123 4567. |
| International Access Code |
00 |
| International calls from NZ |
To call home to, say, New York in the United States from anywhere in New Zealand you need to dial our international access code (00) followed by the country code for the United States (1) followed by the area code for New York (212) followed by the seven-digit telephone number. For example 00 1 212 123 4567. |
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New Zealanders have their own accent which is similar to but possibly less pronounced than the Australian accent. As in any country there is a wide diversity in the way individuals speak but in general terms New Zealanders are quick talkers who are able to achieve this increased pace by not fully pronouncing the vowels or, indeed, some of the consonants as well. Hence New Zealand becomes "Noozilan". If you can't understand what someone is saying just ask them to repeat what they have said more slowly.
New Zealanders naturally also have a few words all of their own, such as: to be crook (to be ill); a dairy (a convenience store); a do (a party or occasion); and a bach (pronounced "batch" - a holiday home).
Maori is the native language of New Zealand's indigenous people (the Maori) and although it is not commonly spoken as a first language, Maori can be seen every day in place names and heard on the radio and television, on marae (a Maori meeting house), and increasingly in schools and kindergartens.
Here are a few Maori words you may see or hear during your time in New Zealand.
| welcome |
| goodbye |
| food |
| hello |
| sweet potato |
| prestige, respect |
| fortified village |
| sacred |
| water |
| family |
| house |
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