diff --git a/sounds/Makefile b/sounds/Makefile
index 84d0f45c04..9dfd0c61c8 100644
--- a/sounds/Makefile
+++ b/sounds/Makefile
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ CMD_PREFIX?=@
 SOUNDS_DIR:=$(DESTDIR)$(ASTDATADIR)/sounds
 SOUNDS_CACHE_DIR?=
 MOH_DIR:=$(DESTDIR)$(ASTDATADIR)/moh
-CORE_SOUNDS_VERSION:=1.5
+CORE_SOUNDS_VERSION:=1.6
 EXTRA_SOUNDS_VERSION:=1.5
 MOH_VERSION:=2.03
 SOUNDS_URL:=http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/sounds/releases
 MCS:=$(subst -EN-,-en-,$(MENUSELECT_CORE_SOUNDS))
 MCS:=$(subst -EN_AU-,-en_AU-,$(MCS))
 MCS:=$(subst -EN_GB-,-en_GB-,$(MCS))
+MCS:=$(subst -EN_NZ-,-en_NZ-,$(MCS))
 MCS:=$(subst -FR-,-fr-,$(MCS))
 MCS:=$(subst -ES-,-es-,$(MCS))
 MCS:=$(subst -RU-,-ru-,$(MCS))
@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ $(eval $(call sound_format_lang_rule,$(SOUNDS_DIR),core-sounds,en_AU,$(CORE_SOUN
 
 $(eval $(call sound_format_lang_rule,$(SOUNDS_DIR),core-sounds,en_GB,$(CORE_SOUNDS_VERSION)))
 
+$(eval $(call sound_format_lang_rule,$(SOUNDS_DIR),core-sounds,en_NZ,$(CORE_SOUNDS_VERSION)))
+
 $(eval $(call sound_format_lang_rule,$(SOUNDS_DIR),core-sounds,es,$(CORE_SOUNDS_VERSION)))
 
 $(eval $(call sound_format_lang_rule,$(SOUNDS_DIR),core-sounds,fr,$(CORE_SOUNDS_VERSION)))
diff --git a/sounds/sounds.xml b/sounds/sounds.xml
index 547be4b4ae..2d996c57e8 100644
--- a/sounds/sounds.xml
+++ b/sounds/sounds.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,33 @@
 		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_GB-SIREN14" displayname="English (British Accent), G.722.1C (Siren14) format">
 			<support_level>core</support_level>
 		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-WAV" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), WAV format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-ULAW" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), mu-Law format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-ALAW" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), a-Law format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-GSM" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), GSM format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-G729" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), G.729 format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-G722" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), G.722 format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-SLN16" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), Signed-linear 16kHz format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-SIREN7" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), G.722.1 (Siren7) format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
+		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-EN_NZ-SIREN14" displayname="English (New Zealand Accent), G.722.1C (Siren14) format">
+			<support_level>core</support_level>
+		</member>
 		<member name="CORE-SOUNDS-ES-WAV" displayname="Spanish, WAV format">
 			<support_level>core</support_level>
 		</member>