Back now to National's proposed ban on cellphones in schools.
Leader, Chris Luxon says the result will be a greater focus on learning but the Secondary Principals Federation has dismissed the any ban as unnecessary and unworkable.
So what will students make of being without their beloved phones for a whole school day?
Wellington Girls College year 12 student Tessa Gilhooly told me the rules have recently changed for her, and it has made a difference.
She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.