These cards first appeared in the middle of 2002 and appeared to be a rebirth of a previous phonecard issuer called ekiwi. The designs are basically identical with only the branding changed.   However Easycall cards are actually issued by AmVia (NZ) Ltd, a Auckland based communications company with origins in South Africa back to 1993 which had in recent times provided line services for a number of New Zealand card brands including both Takanashi, and E-Kiwi, both companies which failed to prosper. When E-Kiwi closed, the popular Maori face design was acquired from E-Kiwi by AmVia (NZ) Ltd for use on their Easycall cards as shown below.

$5 Maori design

$10 Maori design

$20 Maori design

Note: These cards have backs similar in format to the ekiwi cards of the same basic design. They were an interim design until the amended design cards shown below were issued. We think a $50 value was also issued. The letter "e" in easycall sits higher than the first mountain ridge and the text PrePaid Phone Card is in a small size.

$20 Maori Design

The above card has the same high letter e in easy but larger "PrePaid Phone Card" text

$5 Maori Design

$10 Maori Design

Note: These cards have the larger "PrePaid Phone Card" text at top but the letter e in easy has now been lowered below the mountain ridge line and the word call has now been coloured blue.

$10 with Hosting Israeli Travellers in NZ Sticker

$5 Maori Design

$10 Maori Design

These cards have the smaller "PrePaid Phone card wording and the lowered e in easycall

$5 Santa on Yacht

Note: This card isn't branded Easycall but its access phone numbers indicate this issuer.

$20 Pohutukawa & landscape

$50 Pohutukawa & landscape

$20 with Hosting Israeli Travellers in NZ Sticker

Note: There are probably also $5 and $10 cards in this series.

$5 Kiwi & Fern

$10 Lake Cruiser

$20 Kiwi & Fern

$50 Lake Cruiser

$5 Maori Design

$5 Kiwi Design

$10 Maori Design

$20 Mountain & Pohutukawa

Note: These cards have the word "Rechargeable" added below the price and a web url added at bottom right.

$10 on $5

Note: The above card is originally a $5 card but has had a $10 sticker added to its face and a new bar code on the back. It is possible that this is the result of a batch of $5 cards being wrongly encoded with $10 values. Several examples have been seen.

$2 Free Sample

$2 Backpackers

$2 Backpackers

$2 Car Rentals

$2 UCSA

$2 Travelling

$10 Toll-Free Access

$5 Blah Blah

$10 Blah Blah

$20 Blah Blah

Note: These cards are issued by a large internet cafe in Cathedral Square Christchurch. Apart from the cards shown above, there are also $2 and $50 cards in this series.