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Spark waives fees for quake victims

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.

Telcos unite to restore Kaikoura phones

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

111 outage caused by human error

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

Gattung's new bag: Helping women help women

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

Spark backing away from copper broadband

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

John Drinnan: Spark turns up the music volume

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

Spark may refuse spies' requests for info

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

Spark boss' generous gift to assistant

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

NZ 'incident' with Samsung phone

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

Teachers' delight at turning out 'global citizens'

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

Spark increasing data plans for free

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

Boost to learning pays off in low decile schools

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

Spark to chase mobile, IT revenue

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

New CEO for Spark Ventures

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

Spark raises bar - will others follow?

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

The tech changing kid's lives

Manaiakalani helps the students in a group of decile 1 primary and secondary schools to learn by working daily on digital devices, making full use of digital resources.

Can all employers do this?

One New Zealand business will now pay all permanent staff who aren't on a commission at least $19.20 an hour. Does yours?

Executive Success: New industry, same ambitions

From Nike to Spark, marketer says his move isn't really such a big leap.