Meet the New Zealand Herald Business Leader of the Year finalists.

COMMENT: Israel faces an international backlash but NZ has much to learn about innovation from the plucky nation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

The Commerce Commission has backed away from Spark's wholesale voice services and asks Simon Bridges revisit the issue in two years.

In musical terms, Lisa Tregenza's business of developing children through music is rising to a crescendo - but she still needs some

Former Telecom chief executive Chris Quin says brand changes have to be earned.

Some of New Zealand's biggest companies are lending their muscle to help start-up businesses get off the ground.

Spark's Jolie Hodson has been named this year's winner of the Deloitte Top 200 Chief Financial Operator of the Year.

The winners of the 2016 Deloitte Top 200 Awards were celebrated at a black tie event this evening with Z Energy winning big.

Spark agreed to buy the remaining half share of fibre construction business Connect 8 from Vocus.

Spark will waive the usual fees for moving or terminating a broadband contract early for people forced to move as a result of this week's earthquakes.

People in the Kaikoura region are likely to experience degraded phone services for an extended period of time.

The 111 emergency line service wasn't switched over when the Spark office, where the calls are handled, was evacuated.

With an already impressive resume, My Food Bag co-founder Theresa Gattung is at work on a fresh new venture.

Spark managing director Simon Moutter has reinforced its push to steer customers away from copper broadband.

COMMENT: Telco is keen to make the move into entertainment.

Spark is critical of spying laws which leave it up to the company whether to volunteer information about its customers.

Spark's Simon Moutter has gifted 6,000 shares to his assistant as appreciation for many years of service.

A New Zealand customer has come forward with their Samsung Galaxy Note 7, reporting that the device caught fire.

Simon Moutter has been floating the idea of a corporate growth co-investment platform. He talks to Liam Dann.

Spark is offering entry level home broadband for $15, a quarter of the usual price - but only to some families. The telecommunications

There was no queue of Apple fans outside Spark's Queen St store this morning, with robots lining up for pre-order customers instead.

Vodafone has responded to submissions to the Commerce Commission opposing the proposed merger with Sky TV.

All @xtra.co.nz email accounts will be moved from Yahoo to a New Zealand-based provider.

Simon Moutter fired a shot at rival Sky TV on Twitter when he posted a photo of him packaging up his Sky box to send it back.

The biggest buzz for Toni Nua as a teacher is walking into a room full of new entrants and seeing them at work on their tablets. It's

The massive growth in data usage has seen Spark add additional data to plans at no extra cost.

Auckland's Tamaki College used to have forlorn pass rates in NCEA. The decile one secondary school saw many of its predominantly Maori

Spark is backing a plan to run brands at the budget and premium ends of the market.

Ed Hyde is currently the CEO of big data and analytics company Qrious.

More companies will begin offering packages similar to Spark's minimum $40,000 salary to attract the best talent, a business leader says.