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Transport and Telecom

Transport

Coaches and buses If you would like to travel around New Zealand, rather than the expensive air options, you can take the more economic transportation which are coaches and buses.

In Auckland there is transportation runs along the major sightseeing spots. The tourists can pay a certain amount of fees and they can have unlimited travel.

Rails There are suburban passenger train services in Auckland and Wellington. Children fares are available to children aged between 5 and 15 years old and full-time students aged between 16 and 19 years old.

There are also four long-distance passenger rails in New Zealand. They are the Overlander between Auckland and Wellington, the Capital Connection between Wellington and Palmerston North, the TranzCostal between Picton and Christchurch, and the TranzAlpine between Christchurch and Greymouth.

Paid telephones and mobiles

Most of the public phones only accept calling cards and they can be purchased from the newspaper stand. These callings cards values start from NZ$2. Some public phones also accept credit card but they rarely accept coins.

If you would like to use mobile phone in New Zealand, you you can check whether your telecom provider has roaming service at New Zealand. Or you can rent a mobile phone or an SMS card from the following two telecom providers, Phone Hire New Zealand or Vodafone.

International Call

Calling from New Zealand to HK/ China/ Macau:

International dialling code	+	Country code*	+	Tel no.
		×××		××××××

Calling from overseas to New Zealand:

International dialling code	+	Country code*	+	Zone code	+	Tel no.
		64		××××		××××××

Calling within Australia:

0	+	Zone code	+	Tel no.
		××××		××××××

* The country codes for China, Hong Kong and Macau are 86, 852 and 853 respectively.

Here’s the calling code for some major cities in New Zealand:

	Zone code
Auckland	9
Christchurch/ Dunedin	3
Hamilton	7
Napier	6
Wellington	4

Voltage and plug

Voltage in New Zealand is 230/240V (50 Hz). Plugs used there are similar to Hong Kong, either 2- or 3-flat-legs plugs. But most hotels have 110V ac (20W) for shaving razor.