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21/12/2012 11:27
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REL: 1127 HRS Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited

OFFICE: TEL: Telecom announces Tim Miles as new CEO of Gen-i

MEDIA RELEASE

21 December 2012

Telecom announces Tim Miles as new CEO of Gen-i

Telecom has announced today the appointment of Tim Miles as the new CEO of
its ICT business unit, Gen-i.

Tim is a highly experienced New Zealand business leader with an outstanding
track record in the ICT and telecommunications industries spanning three
decades across New Zealand and internationally.

He started his ICT career in New Zealand with IBM, where he was responsible
for public sector customers, and later joined Data General Corporation,
rising to Director of Marketing - Asia Pacific (based in Singapore). From
1994 until 2001 he was with Unisys Corporation in various senior executive
roles, including as Managing Director New Zealand and as Vice President
responsible for Unisys' worldwide telecommunications business.

In 2001, Tim joined the Vodafone group. He was CEO of Vodafone New Zealand
for almost four years, then moved to the UK for assignments as CEO of
Vodafone UK and then Group Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone plc.

In late 2006, Tim resigned from Vodafone and returned to New Zealand for
family reasons. He was managing director of listed agricultural services
group PGG Wrightson for almost three years until October 2010, and he has
since been involved in a number of industry and not-for-profit organisations.

Tim will start at Gen-i on 4 February 2013. He succeeds Chris Quin, who took
over as CEO of Telecom Retail with effect from 1 October 2012.

Telecom Group CEO, Simon Moutter said: "I'm delighted that we have been able
to encourage Tim back to the ICT sector, in which he has spent the majority
of his outstanding business career.

"Gen-i is already one of New Zealand's foremost ICT providers and under Tim's
leadership, we intend to continue to build on our already strong base. Tim
takes over the Gen-i reins at a time when more companies are appreciating the
benefits of innovative ICT solutions, especially with the rapid expansion of
next generation cloud computing services. Gen-i is well placed to assist more
and more New Zealand businesses to an exciting ICT future - and make an
important contribution to the overall success of 'NZ Inc'."

Tim Miles commented: "After three stints overseas during my working life, my
family and I are now firmly committed to living back home. Professionally,
the ICT sector has been a big part of my life and the opportunity to work
with the team at Gen-i and make a real difference for customers is an
exciting one. I am also looking forward to contributing to the transformation
that Simon and his team have underway at Telecom."

Gen-i provides ICT solutions for around 2,800 large corporate and government
customers across New Zealand and Australia. In the 12 months ended 30 June
2012, Gen-i's operating revenue was $1.36 billion.

ENDS

For media queries, please contact:

Andrew Pirie
Head of Communications
+64 (0) 27 555 0275

For investor queries, please contact:

Mark Laing
GM Capital Markets & Investor Relations
Telecom New Zealand
+64 (0) 27 227 5890
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