How to Call New Zealand From the United States

Video Transcript

"Yeah Larry, we could do that for you my man, but if you don't mind; right now I need to call New Zealand, later. Hi everyone. My name is Russ Handler. Hope you're havin' a great day. So, you want to make an international phone call? Did you know that there's actually four separate numbers that you need to dial before you can successfully get out of the United States, into another country? Let's say you want to call New Zealand. Well, pretty simple. First thing you do is 011. That is the code to tell your local carrier that you're trying to make your way out of the country to either a satellite or a submarine cable. Then 64 in this case for New Zealand is the country code. There's then a city code, and then a number follows that, so a lot to keep in mind. Let's dial New Zealand. Zero -one-one gets you out of our country, and then of course you've got your city, or your country code which is 64. Let's say you want to dial Aukland. That city code will be 9, then the number 555-8974. It's that simple. That's the way you dial New Zealand. And keep in mind, they have an excellent satellite and local infrastructure for communication, so you should not have too many problems getting a-hold of your friends in New Zealand. I'm Russ Handler. Have a great day. If you don't mind, I need to make a phone call."