Heather du Plessis-Allan: Let's ignore the naysayers as the cellphone ban kicks in

As you know, today is the official first day of the ban on cell phones in schools.

For most parents and teachers and kids it's actually not a particularly special milestone, given that most schools started bringing in these bans at the start of the year. But today is the first day that it's actually in force.

And you know what? 

Peter Wilson: The Week in Politics - Labour's Auckland Harbour tunnel plan, National's cellphone ban

An ambitious and vastly expensive tunnel proposal for Auckland Harbour, a $2 billion international fund for New Zealand's renewable energy projects, the latest poll shows NZ First with enough support to get back into Parliament and the hottest topic of the week: National's policy to ban cellphones in schools.

It was a simple announcement by National Party leader Christopher Luxon that created the most controversy this week.