19 Feb 2025

Parents reconnecting landlines to avoid smartphones' pitfalls

From Checkpoint, 4:06 pm on 19 February 2025

A lot of people have ditched their landlines in favour of relying on mobile phones. But some parents are reconnecting them to avoid the pitfalls of smart phones for young children while allowing them to stay connected to their mates. According to Commerce Commission figures, there's still around 573,000 landline services in New Zealand. Auckland Summer Haycock is an early adopter of old technology, she's got a landline and she spoke to Lisa Owen.