✨ Telecom Call Savings Plans




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  • Savings are credited to a customer's monthly account for the billing number which is enrolled on the Friends & Family call savings plan and presented as a three line entry on the statement.

  • Savings from these plans continue until

    (1) the Friends & Family call savings plan the customer is enrolled on terminates, or

    (2) the customer withdraws from the plan.

  • Friends & Family call savings plans can be cancelled with 3 working days notice. Customers can cancel by giving notice to their local Telecom office.

Call Savings

National Plan

If a customer does not make $17.78 (GST exclusive) of qualifying calls in a month they make no savings. Once a customer makes $17.78 (GST exclusive) of qualifying calls in a month the following savings apply to all qualifying calls. This includes the first $17.78 (GST exclusive).

Call Duration Peak Time Calls Off Peak Time Calls
Calls lasting less than 20 minutes 10% 15%
Calls lasting 20 minutes and over
but less than 30 minutes 20% 30%
Calls lasting 30 minutes and over 30% 45%

Peak Time Calls: calls made between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays.
Off Peak Time Calls: calls made Monday to Friday 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. and all day Saturday, Sunday and National Statutory holidays.

International Off Peak Plan

If a customer enrolled in the Friends & Family International Off Peak Plan does not reach the billing period threshold of $17.78 (GST exclusive), on qualifying calls, they make no savings. Once a customer reaches the $17.78 (GST exclusive) threshold the following savings apply to all qualifying calls. This includes the first $17.78 (GST exclusive).

Call Duration Savings
Calls of any duration 12.5%

Call Types

Friends & Family National Plan savings apply to all National Direct Dial and/or Calling Card Calls. Friends & Family International Off Peak savings only apply to International Direct Dial and all Calling Card Calls between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday to Friday, all day Saturday and Sunday and all day on National Statutory holidays. Friends & Family savings also apply to manual National and International Calls, from non-STD exchanges.

Savings on Calling Card Calls apply to both the operator assisted or service fee charge, and call charges. Savings on International Calling Card Calls also apply to calls made using the Global Direct Service. They do not apply to the monthly Global Direct fee.

Savings do not apply to non-Direct Dialled National and non-Direct Dialled International Calls, for example, Local Calls, calls to or from the Scott Base Telephone Service, calls to NZ Islands and calls to vessels in New Zealand waters.

3.3 CALL PROMOTIONS

3.3.1 National Calls

The following discounts applied during the quarter:



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πŸš‚ Residential Call Savings Plans (continued from previous page)

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Telecom, Call Savings, Friends & Family, National Plan, International Off Peak Plan, Discounts

πŸš‚ National Call Savings Plan Details

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Telecom, National Plan, Savings, Call Duration, Peak Time, Off Peak Time

πŸš‚ International Off Peak Plan Details

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Telecom, International Off Peak Plan, Savings, Call Duration

πŸš‚ Eligible Call Types for Savings

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Telecom, Call Types, National Direct Dial, Calling Card Calls, Manual Calls, Global Direct Service

πŸš‚ Call Promotions National Calls

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Telecom, Call Promotions, Discounts, National Calls