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111 has been the emergency
telephone number in New Zealand for decades. It was specifically chosen
to comply with the positioning of the 999 emergency number in England. The numbers on
the dial phones in NZ and England were reversed, i.e., the nine and one were in the same position on the dial in both
countries.
In North America, this code cannot be used as an N11 number because of a conflict with the rotary alternative for star
commands (11XX for *XX).
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