My phone cost me $NZ1200, but as a result I am able to upgrade to the next model in a few days for $NZ85. I used to pay $NZ50 for 50 minutes every month, but I figured out that it's cheaper to pay for my usage, so that's what I do. I also pay about $NZ8 phone insurance each month.

Phone contracts here are crazily expensive because Telecom has a monopoly over the market and by the current CEO's admission have been "knowingly screwing loyal customers out of money for 15 years."When she was quoted in a high-profile newspaper as saying that, she was forced to make a public apology, however many citizens of New Zealand were appalled when she appeared on T.V. and said "I didn't realise that there were reporters in the room."

That's a real sincere apology.