Q&A for How to Call Australia from New Zealand

For calls from New Zealand to Australia dial: 00 + 61 + area code + telephone number.

When dialing Australia from a mobile phone in New Zealand, you use the Australian country code, which is +61, followed by the Australian mobile number without the leading zero. For example, if the Australian mobile number is 0412 345 678, you would dial +61 412 345 678.

Use video call. Regular overseas phone calls are expensive.

To call Australia from New Zealand using WhatsApp, save the Australian number in your contacts using the international format: +61 followed by the mobile or landline number without the first 0. Open WhatsApp, go to the Chats tab, tap the new chat icon, search for the saved contact, and tap the phone or video icon at the top to start the call. Ensure you have an active internet connection, and confirm that the person in Australia also has WhatsApp installed.

The plus sign (+) indicates that the subsequent numbers represent an international country code. You typically do not dial the '+' symbol directly; your phone or network automatically replaces it with your country's specific international access code (like '00' or '011'), but you must dial the country code.