New Zealand +64

Number Format

Area Code:            1-2 digits
Subscriber Number:    6-7 digits (8 digits for some services)
Trunk Prefix:         0
International Prefix: 00

Area code information

• Ministry of Economic Development announcement (September 2003, via ITU)
• Telecom New Zealand Network International
• DCCL

National numbering format

Geographic (fixed/conventional) numbers have 1-digit area code with 7-digit subscriber number.

Access to Scott Base in Antarctica is a special case, where the area code 2409 is followed by the 4-digit number on the base. In international format, this is +64 2409xxxx.

McMurdo base, although an American operation, is also reported to be dialable as +64 2409xxxx as the facility is located within the Ross Dependency sector of Antarctica.

Wireless numbers normally have 2-digit area codes, followed by 6- or 7-digit subscriber numbers.

Many special services have 2-digit area codes with 6-digit subscriber numbers.

Further details are indicated in a Ministry of Economic Development announcement (September 2003, via ITU).

(Additional detail courtesy Geoff Capp)

January 2008 - numbering plan update

Minimum and maximum number lengths for numbers in New Zealand +64 were updated (national number length being the total of area code and subscriber number digits, but not including any country code or trunk prefix digits):

* indicates change since September 2003 numbering plan list.

Range    National
format   length (digits)   Service
------   ---------------   -------
+64 10   3                 switch test (internal, format: 10x)
+64 12   6 to 7            NZ Direct (12xxxx or 12xxxxx)
+64 20   9                 mobile radio
+64 210  8 to 10 *         mobile
+64 211  8 to 9            mobile
+64 212  8 to 9            mobile
+64 213  8 *               mobile
+64 214  8 *               mobile
+64 215  8 *               mobile
+64 216  8 *               mobile
+64 217  8 *               mobile
+64 218  8 *               mobile
+64 219  8 *               mobile
+64 230  unknown           mobile
+64 231  unknown           mobile
+64 232  unknown           mobile
+64 233  unknown           mobile
+64 234  unknown           mobile
+64 235  unknown           international freephone
+64 236  unknown           mobile
+64 237  unknown           mobile
+64 238  unknown           international freephone
+64 239  unknown           mobile
+64 240  8                 Scott Base, Antarctica
+64 241  9 *               mobile
+64 242  9 *               mobile
+64 25   8 to 9            mobile
+64 26   8 to 9            pager
+64 27   9                 mobile
+64 28   unknown           mobile
+64 29   8 to 9            mobile
+64 32   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 33   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 34   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 35   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 36   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 37   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 39   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 42   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 43   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 44   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 45   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 46   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 48   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 49   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 50   unknown *         special services
+64 60   4                 60xx, enquiries shortcode
+64 62   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 63   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 65   unknown           fixed/geographic
+64 66   unknown           fixed/geographic
+64 67   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 68   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 69   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 72   unknown           fixed/geographic
+64 73   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 74   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 75   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 76   unknown           fixed/geographic
+64 78   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 79   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 80   8 to 10           special services / some international freephone
+64 83   5 to 8            enhanced voice
+64 86   8                 enhanced paging
+64 87   4 to 8            data service access
+64 92   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 93   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 94   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 95   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 96   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 98   8                 fixed/geographic
+64 99   8                 fixed/geographic

Source: Ministry of Economic Development announcement (22 January 2008, via ITU).

September 2005 - +64 21 mobile number lengths updated

Mobile numbers under +64 21 were followed by 6 or 7 digits since 2003. In September 2005, an extra digit was possible for numbers in range +64 210 e.g. numbers in formats +64 210 xxxxx, +64 210 xxxxxx or +64 210 xxxxxxx (that is, the national number length could be 8 to 10 digits, excluding any country code or trunk prefix).

Other +64 21 ranges continued to be limited to national number lengths of 8 or 9 digits (that is, +64 21 xxxxxx or +64 21 xxxxxxx).

Source: Ministry of Economic Development announcement (22 September 2005, via ITU)

1991-1993 - national renumbering

A New Zealand renumbering took place in the 1991-1993 period to consolidate the numbering plan so that conventional fixed numbers have a consistent format of a single-digit area code plus a 7-digit subscriber number. The New Zealand Phone Number Update program reduced the number of geographic area codes from 80 to 5.

Other Information

Telecom regulator is Ministry of Economic Development New Zealand.

(Link updates courtesy Howard Laker)