Editing Emergency telephone number (section)

=== 111 ===
The emergency number 111 was adopted in New Zealand in 1955 and was first implemented in [[Masterton]] and [[Carterton, New Zealand|Carterton]] in September 1958.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=19 April 1955 |title=Telephone Calls in Emergencies - Plan to Introduce New System |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/press/1955/04/19/11 |work=[[The Press]] |pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 1958 |title=Dial 111 in Emergencies |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19580927.2.158?end_date=31-10-1958&items_per_page=10&query=111+emergency&snippet=true&start_date=01-09-1958 |work=[[The Press]] |pages=10}}</ref> New Zealand telephones had their [[Rotary dial|rotary dials]] numbered in reverse to the UK and most of the world, with the number 1 on New Zealand rotary phones in the same position as the number 9 on British rotary phones. Dialling 111 would be recognised by the British-built step-by-step exchanges then used as a 999 emergency call, which would route the call accordingly.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 February 1969 |title=Choice Of Emergency Number Defended |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19690201.2.133 |work=[[The Press]] |pages=14}}</ref>