This company established in 1998 by Yukiko Takanashi and Robin Oliver entered the New Zealand phonecard market in 1999 with the release of their Hello Japan $50 card.  Their original cards had telephone services supplied by Comunica and some cards with Comunica branding were sold by Takanashi notably series for Migrants and students. these cards can be seen on our page for Comunica Communications here.

It seems that business was very slow until late in 2000 when Takanashi signed an agreement with TelstraSaturn allowing much more competitive rates to be offered. By the end of  2000 the company had released a total of 55,000 cards onto the market.

$10 Mountain

$20 Mountain

$50 Mountain

$10 Kiwi

$20 Mt. Cook Lupins

$50 Pohutakawa Flowers

$5 World Map

$10 World Map

$20 World Map

$50 World Map

$5 Alpine Lake

$10 Alpine Lake

$20 Alpine Lake

$50 Alpine Lake

$100 Alpine Lake

Note: there are two versions of these cards identifiable from their backs. The first has a single 0800 number for access while the second version adds three different numbers for the 3 main cities.

$5 White Island

$10 White Island

$20 White Island

$50 White Island

Note: there are two versions of these cards identifiable from their backs. The first has a single 0800 number for access while the second version adds three different numbers for the 3 main cities. There is no $100 card for this series

$10 Purple

$20 Green

Note: these cards promises "Fibre Optic Quality" calling.

$10 Mountain

$20 Mountain

$50 Mountain

Note: these cards differs from the original 1999 series as they have different lettering for the values and a purple surround to the name tablet at foot.

$10 Nokia Phone

$20 Nokia Phone