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Spark NZ wins Deloitte Top 200 sustainability leadership award
The telco has worked to advance NZ’s low-carbon future and digital inclusion.
From brawls to brats: Coachella 2025 headliners and their NZ concerts
Gaga, Green Day and Travis all gave Kiwi audiences a taste of their performance skills.
Market close: NZ shares surge on heavy trading day
Turners Automotive provided the local index with more confidence and strength.
Childish Gambino cancels NZ concert amid health concerns
'Unfortunately, my path to recovery is taking longer than expected.'
PM Christopher Luxon opens NZ's most expensive new office block
The concept was to 'bring a suburban campus-style building right into downtown'.
Spark faces index D-Day: Analyst says stock over-sold
Analyst says while there have been setbacks, investors have overreacted.
Spark cuts earnings, dividend guidance, to sell Connexa stake
Spark says performance 'falls short of what is acceptable'.
Travel warning: Older phones, some newer gadgets won’t work in Australia soon
The same goes for connected gadgets such as the Amazon Kindle.
Stock Takes: Investors look to 2025, Rocket Lab shoots higher
The sharemarket has opted to ignore good news on the inflation and interest rates front.
Tech Insider: Spark CEO, chairwoman’s ‘cut-short’ jaunt across the Tasman sets tongues wagging
Under-pressure telco subject to more speculation.
What’s eating Spark? Three pain points – and a three-step comeback plan
Can the telco navigate through its perfect storm?
Markets with Madison: Spark
Telecommunications companies were considered a defensive stock in a recession, but now they’re losing their Spark with investors.
Have telcos lost their Spark?
A dominant telecommunications player is 'not a revenue growth story,' the analyst said.
2degrees wins big education contract previously held by Spark
Sir John Key's Palo Alto Networks is also part of the new N4L line-up.
Spark's data centre revenue soars as AI drives global demand
Spark sees artificial intelligence fuelling data centre demand.
Finance director quits at under-pressure Spark
It follows a run of bad news for Spark, with fears it will fall out of a key global index.
Tech Insider: Spark puts some numbers around its big Transpower win
Plus: Infratil is downgraded, Microsoft reveals its plan to reboot a nuclear plant.
Market close: Synlait gets its vote; Spark sinks to 9-year low
The New Zealand sharemarket posted its third successive fall.
Property Insider: 'Terrific time to look at NZ' for $1.6b investor
Big investor says New Zealand has compelling opportunities.
One NZ predicament: Starlink ‘celltower in the sky’ slips
One NZ and Optus are forced to pull back on earlier promises as rivals target Musk's firm.
'Just hang up': Pensioner's devices hacked, identity stolen during cunning Spark scam
The scammer spoke to the pensioner by phone for three hours while controlling his devices.
Watchdog prods telcos on coverage maps - and wants exits without penalty
Telcos say it's not clear-cut.
One NZ raises mobile pricing by $5 a month, cites 24% bump in usage
Some prepay data prices will also increase.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper, a rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, buys land in NZ, secures eight licences
New Zealand is part of the Star Wars between two of the world's two richest humans.
Hundreds of jobs on the line as Spark cuts $50m from wage bill
But it has big plans for more data centre investment.
Uptake of Elon Musk’s Starlink service surges in NZ
Commerce Commission heaps praise on its 'disruption' of the rural broadband market.