Most services are now restoring across New Zealand after a major Spark network outage, but some customers are still experiencing mobile issues.

COMMENT: Governance cannot be that bad, given the growing interest in directorships from many individuals.

New Zealand shares.

A2 Milk jumps as Bellamy's cuts revenue forecast.

Spark boss Simon Moutter reveals his first job.

NZ shares were mixed in holiday trading with yield stocks

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.

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.

People using Xtra email accounts may be experiencing difficulty accessing their emails today through Outlook or a mail app.

WATCH: Meet the finalists of this year's Deloitte Top 200 Company of the Year Award.

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.

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.

Jolie Hodson wants to be a CEO. If she gets her way she will be part of a very small group of women who have made it to the top in NZ.

Support helps women get to the top, but so does taking your chances, an aspiring CEO tells Tamsyn Parker.

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.