UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 2810 ~~February~~March 2014

Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited (“Telecom”)

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(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

New Zealand

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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Level 2
Telecom Place
167 Victoria Street West
Auckland 1010
New Zealand

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(Address of principal executive office)

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This report on Form 6-K contains the following:

1. ~~Notification~~Media ofrelease ~~allotment~~– ofQrious ~~securities~~delivers greater insight into a smart data world

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited

Date: 28 February 2014	By:	/s/ Silvana Roest
Date: 10 March 2014	By:	/s/ Silvana Roest
	Name:	Silvana Roest
	Title:	Company Secretary

~~SILVANA~~Media ~~ROEST Company Secretary~~Release

~~Client~~10 ~~and~~March ~~Market Services NZX Limited PO Box 2959 Wellington New Zealand~~2014

28 Qrious ~~February~~delivers ~~2014~~greater insight into a smart data world

~~NOTIFICATION~~Telecom OFDigital ~~ALLOTMENT~~Ventures OFis ~~SECURITIES~~pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new standalone business, Qrious. Qrious will provide a better way for New Zealand organisations to tap into the world of insights and create value from data, analytics and applications. More details of Qrious can be found at www.qrious.co.nz Telecom Chief Executive, Simon Moutter, says, “We are living in a new digital age, where the smart use of data is an exploding global phenomena. It’s rapidly changing the way people live and do business around the world. Qrious is a bold move to help lead the development of greater economic and social value for New Zealand.” Qrious is built on the powerful combination of information, insight and action.

~~For~~“Qrious ~~the~~wants ~~purposes~~to ofhelp ~~Listing~~New ~~Rules~~Zealand ~~7.12.1~~address big challenging issues such as how to deliver better public transport, housing, and 7health outcomes.~~12.9~~ ofWe want to help businesses and organisations improve the ~~NZSX~~way ~~Listing~~their ~~Rules~~products and services meet their customer wants and needs,” ~~Telecom~~says the General Manager for Qrious, Cyrus Facciano.

~~Corporation~~“For example we are curious about ways to help prevent the increase of ~~New~~chronic ~~Zealand~~illness ~~Limited~~and ~~advises~~improve the ~~following~~healthcare ~~securities~~services ~~have~~available ~~been~~to ~~issued~~the ~~pursuant~~public. By connecting available data sets across the sector and correlating this with population demographics, we can help direct investment to ~~its~~the ~~Share~~most ~~Rights~~in-demand ~~Scheme:~~types of care.

7“Greater value and benefits can be derived from the combination of information, the insights that can be gleaned from that information, and the application of those insights into valuable action.~~12.1~~

a) Class of Security		Ordinary Shares
ISIN		NZTELE0001S4
b) Number Issued		218,674
c) Issue Price		No cash issue price. The consideration for the
		shares issued on exercise of the share rights
		was services provided as a group employee
d) Payment terms		N/A
e) Amount Paid Up		In full
f) The principal terms of Securities		The shares rank pari passu with existing
		ordinary shares
g) Percentage of total class issued		0.012%
h) Reason for issue		Issue of ordinary shares upon exercise of share
		rights pursuant to the Telecom Share Rights
		Scheme
i) Authority for issue		Telecom Share Rights Scheme
j) Terms of Issue		The shares rank pari passu with the existing
		ordinary shares
k) Total number of securities after issue		1,824,369,462
m) Date of issue		28 February 2014

“The challenge is, many organisations and businesses don’t have the people expertise or technical resource to analyse information and gain these insights, or if they do, there are significant obstacles to generating value. Drawing on a powerful and unique local cloud platform and a team of data experts, Qrious aims to help them overcome this challenge.” “We believe there is a massive opportunity for NZ Inc. to generate significant economic and social benefit from smarter use of data. Global insights suggest this could generate value in the billions of dollars for New Zealand.

7 “We have established a platform where businesses, the public sector and other organisations can privately and securely host their own data and combine this with other publicly available information to gain even greater insights.12 Our experts will help them to work with this data to derive valuable information and understanding.9” Along with this emerging Big Data phenomena is the global emergence of a new kind of professional, the “Data Scientist”. Data Science is the unique but essential combination of statistics, coding skills

a) and ~~Number~~business ofacumen ~~Securities~~to ~~converted~~solve b)business ~~Number~~ and ~~Class~~public good problems. The challenge, is that this type of ~~Securities~~professional ~~into~~is extremely rare.

~~which~~In ~~have~~order ~~been~~to ~~converted~~help build up the data science skill base within New Zealand that is necessary to deliver these benefits, Qrious is also establishing a Data Science Academy where students will be trained, tutored and tested on their knowledge of these new techniques. The best people will be offered internships and positions in this emerging and exciting industry. Details of the Qrious Data Science Academy can be found at www.qriousacademy.co.nz “We think people will be amazed at the innovation, efficiencies and insights that can be created from the better understanding of available information. Qrious will be the market leader in extracting these insights and helping our organisation and business customers comprehend and influence the forces that shape modern society.”

~~c) Details of any interests or dividend conditions attaching to Securities Converted and allotted upon Conversion~~ENDS

d)For ~~Number~~follow ofup ~~Securities~~enquiries ~~of the same class that remain to be Converted~~contact:

~~Yours~~Conor ~~faithfully~~Roberts Telecom Head of Public Affairs 021 124 6004 Conor.roberts@telecom.co.nz

Silvana Roest Company Secretary

218,674 share rights issued pursuant to the Telecom Share Rights Scheme

218,674 ordinary shares

None

2,123,951 share rights issued pursuant to the Telecom Share Rights Scheme and 1,416,887 share rights issued pursuant to the Telecom Performance Rights Scheme

Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited ARBN 050 611 277

Telecom Place, 167 Victoria Street West, Private Bag 92028, Auckland, New Zealand

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