TELSTRA NEW ZEALAND

Telstra New Zealand is an offshoot from the large Australian company Telstra. It operates in New Zealand on a number of levels and has its own fibre optic main truck network between the three main centres.

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#1 $15 Marae Carving

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#2 $15 Rima Cyber Guide

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#3 $15 Te Papa Entrance

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$5 Gold

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$10 Purple

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$20 Green

$50 Blue

Note: The above designs were previously used in a set of cards for Plunket issued as Anyphone by Metro group Ltd.

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$5 Neil Finn

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( ) Neil Finn

Note: It is uncertain if the above $5 card was issued. A number of blank dummies however are in collectors hands. We understand that the card at right was issued with a single card being presented to Neil Finn himself. There are also dummy versions of this card in collectors hands.

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$10 Dodge Viper Car

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$10 Ford Mainline Utility

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$10 Steam train on Bridge

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$10 unissued

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$20 yacht racing

Note: The $20 card above was issued to people attending the opening of the Auckland Basin Visitor Centre by the Auckland Tourism board. These cards have a spelling mistake in the word "Rechargerable". Both designs were also used with corrected spelling and a slightly changed format in the following issued series.

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$5 Yacht Race

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$10 City Skyline

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$20 Rangitoto Island

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$50 One Tree Hill

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$5 Akaroa Harbour

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$10 Hamner Springs

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$20 Christchurch Tram

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$50 Swimming & Dolphins

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$5 Blue

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$10 Yellow

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$20 Pink

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Note: The above series cards have the legend "We've got it when you need it" The next printing is reported to have this wording changed to "We've got it when you want it" but these have yet to be seen.

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$5 Picton Street

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$10 Coastal Scene

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$20 Auckland Waterfront

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$50 Mt. Taranaki

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$5 Gough, Gough & Hammer

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( ) Fudge card

( ) value Gullivers Pacific Travel

Note: We also have reports of a "99 BFM Radio" membership card which offers discounts at stores and events around Auckland and can also be used to claim radio station prizes. The Gough, Gough & Hamer card has also been sighted as a proof copy with spelling mistakes and in a different colour shade.

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$5 Conference'99

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$10 Broken Arrow Film

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$5 The Best Relationships

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$5 Happy Anniversary

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$5 My Valentine

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$5 Owl Scales

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$5 Fathers Day

Note: These cards are part of a promotional scheme of Telstra whereby customers could have cards issued with a personalised design. It is unknown how many different such cards were produced but the scheme was poorly promoted and soon cancelled so it is likely that very few were actually issued.