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Compare Monthly, Prepay and Unlimited Data Mobile Plans, including offers from Spark, OneNZ, 2degrees, Skinny, Slingshot, Warehouse Mobile and more
Updated 9 November 2023
Our guide reviews:
  • Best Prepaid Plans - we compare plans for low users (up to 3GBs of data per month) and for medium users (4GB to 8GB of data per month) and present what we consider are the 3 best value offerings for each of these categories.
  • ​Best Unlimited Mobile Data Plans – Our research suggests that for users that need above 8GB per month, unlimited plans provide better value than limited data plans with allowances above 8GBs per month. We highlight what we consider are the three best plans in this category as well.
  • Our guide on SIM-Only Plans provides further detail and presents all the plans we evaluated, as well as the top three choices per category we highlight on this comparison.

Our overall recommendations:
  1. Best prepaid cell phone plan for low users (up to 4GB)- Warehouse $25 Combo 3GB Rollover Data
  2. Best phone plan for medium users (up to 8GB) - 2degrees 8GB Carryover data
  3. Best unlimited data plan -  MyRepublic Plus (40Mbps)

Best Prepaid Plans

Most prepay phone customers use between 1GB to 3GB of data per month, according to various media stories and industry data. We have shortlisted prepay packs that meet those data needs while minimising costs.

We only present our top three choices here. If you want to see the detail of all the plans we compared and the methodology we used for our comparison, please read our guide on SIM-Only Plans.

Best plans for low data users (up to 3GB per month)

Kogan Mobile Small Plan
(Annual or 30 day)
Warehouse $25 Combo 3GB Rollover Data
Skinny 3GB Rollover Data
15
25
27
30 days
28 days
28 days
1.5 GB data/month
3 GB data/month
3 GB data/month
Unlimited minutes
Unlimited minutes
300 minutes
Save if you pay annually instead of monthly
 
 
  • No contracts, just top up when you need to – unused credit (but not data or text/phone packs) rolls for 90 days
  • Tethering is permitted within your data allowance.
  • You can keep your existing number
  • Warehouse Mobile may increase the price at any time
  • No credit check required, and you can be online in minutes with a new SIM.
  • Uses a 0284 number
  • 28 day rolling contract.
  • Tethering is permitted within your data allowance.
  • You can keep your existing number
  • Skinny may increase the price at any time
  • You'll need to pass the credit check to get the plan
  • There is no top up - when you sign up for Skinny, you register your credit or debit card allowing you to buy plans and add-ons by using your card, without having to top up.

Best plans for medium data users (up to 8GB per month)

Kogan Mobile Medium Plan
(Annual or 30 day)
Warehouse Mobile
$35 Combo 6GB Rollover Data
2degrees 8GB Carryover data
25
35
45
30 days
28 days
30 days
4 GB data/month
6 GB data/month
8 GB data/month
Unlimited minutes
Unlimited minutes
Unlimited minutes
Save if you pay annually instead of monthly
 
 
  • No contracts, just top up when you need to – unused credit (but not data or text/phone packs) rolls for 90 days
  • Tethering is permitted within your data allowance.
  • You can keep your existing number
  • Warehouse Mobile may increase the price at any time
  • No credit check required, and you can be online in minutes with a new SIM.
  • Uses a 0284 number
  • One-month rolling contract.
  • Tethering is permitted within your data allowance.
  • You can keep your existing number
  • 2Degrees may increase the price at any time
  • You'll need to pass the credit check to get the plan

Three Must-Know Prepay Facts

Rollover and Carryover allowances are only valid if you renew your pack when it expires

You may have 2GB owed and countless minutes, but if you don't renew your pack when it expires, you will lose all your balances. This means you can't get a plan, save balances and use them afterwards. There is no exception to these terms.

Casual rates can be very expensive

If and when you use up all of your pack's allowances, you can either buy a new pack, stop using your phone, or pay 'casual' rates. These rates can be very expensive and generally offer poor value for money for any extended use. Sample rates from the networks include:
  1. 2degrees: Voice or video calling (44c/min), texting (20c/text), data (50c per MB)
  2. Spark: Voice calling (49c/min), texting (20c/text), data ($1/ day for 10 MB, additional data is 30c/MB)
  3. One NZ: Voice calling (30c/min), texting (10c/text) and data (20c per MB)​​

Prepay credit expires if it's not used - and you can lose your phone number

2degrees, Spark and One NZ credit all expires after 365 days, without exception.

Best Unlimited Mobile Data Plans

Our research suggests that for users that need above 8GB per month, plans with unlimited data provide better value than limited data plans with high allowances per month. In this section we present what we consider are the three best unlimited data plans available in New Zealand.

We only present our top three choices here. If you want to see the detail of all the plans we compared and the methodology we used for our comparison, please read our guide on SIM-Only Plans.
Mighty mobile Fast plan (10Mbps)
(Annual or Monthly)
One NZ - One Plan
MyRepublic Plus (40Mbps)
40
80
45
30 days
30 days
30 days
Unlimited data at full speed
Unlimited data at full speed
Unlimited Data at 40Mbps
Unlimited minutes
Unlimited minutes
Unlimited minutes
Save if you pay annually instead of monthly,
Other plans available with higher speeds.
 
 
  • This is a new challenger in the mobile phone market and offers high-speed, unlimited browsing at great prices.
  • Tethering is permitted within your data allowance.
  • You can keep your existing number
  • Tethering is permitted within your data allowance.
  • You can keep your existing number
  • Open Contract.
  • 20GB of Hotspot data
  • Calls/SMSes to premium rate numbers (short codes) not available

Complain about your network using the Telecommunications Dispute Resolution (TDR)

Telecommunications Dispute Resolution (TDR) deals with complaints from consumers about any product or service provided by their telecommunications company. As the customer of a New Zealand network, you have the right to make a complaint. It's a free and independent service, but you will need to follow their process to progress a complaint.

Before you complain, you'll need to raise the issue with your network directly via their complaints form or customer service team
  • Once you have done this, you must wait for a response.
  • The network will respond, but if you are unable to agree with their response and your complaint becomes deadlocked, after six weeks has passed you can raise a complaint with the TDR.

The process of complaining with TDR is outlined here. Their helpful FAQs outline what you can expect, and case studies about recent complaints about telecommunication companies in general. The process is impartial, and once a decision is made, Your network will (usually) abide by the ruling should it be in the wrong.
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