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From 3G shutdown to AI slop: Tech red flags and green flags for 2025
The good stuff and bad stuff to watch out for in the year ahead.

Zuru going into ex-Spark HQ on Victoria St West
200 staff will shift next month but later this year 250 will be in new HQ.

Loss of 190 jobs at ProLink, recruiter owes $3.8m
Migrants lose jobs at company linked to woman previously jailed over fake birth documents.

Thousands of Kiwis without internet after digger pulls up fibre cable
There is currently no estimate for the restoration time.

Knighted: Billionaire philanthropist Sir Ted Manson
'Mum’s kindness has allowed me to be the person I am today. She guided and loved me.'

Spark sells remaining stake in its celltowers for $314m
The telco is on a quest to raise $1 billion.

Another analyst upgrades Spark – but also sees rival making further gains
The good news and the bad news.

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.

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?

Have telcos lost their Spark?
A dominant telecommunications player is 'not a revenue growth story,' the analyst said.

Markets with Madison: Spark
Telecommunications companies were considered a defensive stock in a recession, but now they’re losing their Spark with investors.

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.