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Cory Jane Takes Advantage of Telecom Mother’s Day Initiative

Telecom marks Mother’s Day with free calling to any New Zealand home line from any phone box between 7am and 9pm today

 
Like any good son, New Zealand rugby player Cory Jane (pictured), was up early to wish his mum a happy Mother’s Day – making the most of Telecom’s free calling phone box initiative.

The Hurricanes vs Highlanders clash had obviously been at the top of his mind when he called his Mum from the Telecom phone box on George Street in Dunedin, saying, “Happy Mother’s Day Mum, I hope Dad cooked you breakfast?”
 
He later commented, “Fingers crossed my wife got her a present otherwise I’m in big trouble.”
 
With 3,171 Telecom phone boxes from Cape Reinga to Stewart Island, there’ll be no excuse not to call Mum and have that all important chat on her special day.
 
Telecom Chief Marketing Officer, Jason Paris says, “Telecom understands that it’s important for people to be in touch with family members, especially on special occasions like Mother’s Day.”
 
 “We are all about connecting New Zealanders so we thought we’d give Kiwis a helping hand to get in touch with their Mum to tell her how much they care this Mother’s Day,” he adds.
 
Telecom tracks the volume of calls made on special days such as Christmas Day, Mothers and Father’s Day and New Years Eve and New Years Day.
 
Kiwis make significantly more calls each Mother’s Day than on Father’s Day so it’s obviously more important to keep Mum happy than it is Dad!
 
The busiest phone box overall in New Zealand currently is located outside the Manurewa New World in Auckland with a total of 1,048 calls made from it during the past month. 
 
The Telecom Mother’s Day phone box free calling offer includes calls to any New Zealand home landline from 7.00am to 9.00pm this Sunday May 13, 2012. It does not include calls to mobile phones or to overseas or 0900 numbers.

WHAT: Free calls from any Telecom NZ phone box to any NZ home line. Excludes calls to mobile phones, overseas numbers and 0900 numbers.
WHEN: Today – Mothers Day, Sunday 13 May 2012 7.00am – 9.00pm
WHERE: Any Telecom NZ phone box in New Zealand

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