111 (usually pronounced one-one-one) is the emergency telephone number in New Zealand. It was first implemented in Masterton and Carterton on 29 September 1958, and was progressively rolled out nationwide with the last exchanges converting in 1988.
About 870,000 111 calls are made every year, and the police introduced a new number (105) in 2019, to take non-urgent police calls away from the "111" service (see 105 (telephone number)).[1][2] [3] [4]
- ^ "New Zealand emergency operators fielded a number of bizarre 111 calls in 2017". Stuff (Fairfax). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Backyard banter Police launch 105 nonemergency call number". Stuff (Fairfax). 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "In a nonemergency call 105 Police launch new number for crimes that pose no immediate danger". Stuff (Fairfax). 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "More than 20000 emergency calls disconnected before police can answer". Stuff (Fairfax). 6 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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