New Zealand cell phone numbers is formed from seven to nine digits including the prefix 02. Usually mobile phone numbers have eight digits. A person who is calling from North America dials the international code 011 and one from other countries of the world dials 00 as a prefix. then the country code 64, and then the number as found on business card, classifieds or phone directory without the initial zero. The numbers found on New Zealand’s phone directories already include the area code. The numbers in the directories already include the area code (e.g. 4 for the Wellington Region to Kapiti).



If you have a landline phone number from New Zealand you should know that this has eight digits in which the leading 0 is not included a one digit area code, and a seven digit phone number (e.g. 03 700 1234) beginning with a digit between 2 and 9 (you should know that due to misdial guards are excluded the following numbers 900, 911, and 999). There are five regional area codes: 03, 04, 06, 07 and 09.It is important to know the area code from different areas when you call someone outside that area because may apply different calling prices and they must be dialed to be able to call.


Here are the area codes from New Zealand: Scott Base in the Ross Dependency has this area code 024099, Chatham Islands and South Island have 03 as area code, the Wellington Region to Kapiti has area code 04 this is not aplicable to Wairarapa and Otaki, for Taranaki, Manawatu -Wanganui, Otaki, the Wairarapa, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne and the remaining eastern and southern North Ilsands you use the area code 06, when dialing a number from Taumarunui, the Bay of Plenty or Waikato you dial 07 as area code, and the las area code for Northland and Auckland is 09.

You can find information about phone numbers from New Zealand on the following sites http://yellow.co.nz/index.jsp,
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/regional/countries/new_zealand/reference/phone_numbers_and_addresses/, http://www.ubd.co.nz/, http://www.wises.co.nz/, http://www.finditonline.co.nz/index.php. Besides these information on this directories you can find businesses adresses and phone numbers and other useful information to guide you in your trip to New Zealand. When you are in New Zealand you could make directory service calls on the number 018 that will be charged. This is good because under a single service are gathered telephone number listings from 5 regional telephone companies.phone book

Prefixes for mobile phone operators are as follows: 20 (Orcon), 21 (Vodafone with a number length from 6 to 8 digits), 22 (2degrees having a length of 7 digits) 27 (Telecom New Zealand with a number length of 7 digits). 280 (Compass communications), 28 (Mainly CallPlus), 283 (Teletraders MVNO), 2885 (M2 MVNO), 29 (TelstraClear). Other useful numbers are toll free numbers that begin with 0508 or 0800, followed by 6 digits (there are numbers with a length of seven digits on 0800). Numbers that starts with 0900 followed by 5 digits are premium rate services numbers.



Another ones that you may encounter on your trip to New Zealand are: 0508 TelstraClear Tollfree, 0800 Telecom, TelstraClear and other network operators Tollfree, 08xy is asigned for other non-geographic services, 083210 is the answer phone service for Call Minder, the number for infocall is 08322, if you have dial-up internet you call numbers with the prefix 0867, when you encounter the prefix 0900 be careful not to make the mistake to accidentally call services with Premium rate because that will grow your phone bill. Some emergency numbers from New Zealand 111 Emergency Services Operator (all telephones),