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Starlink speed: NZ watchdog's verdict amid handicapped rankings
Good news for the 'predatory' service.

Who wants $14.9m from biggest builder to fail this year?
Name anything you see happening on a building site and those supplying stuff are on list.

Spark retail outlet in Napier hit by early-morning break-in
Display models had been ripped out of security sockets.

Spark gears up to supersize its Takanini data centre
As Spark updates its data centre, it has learned lessons from adverse weather events.

Spark's future: Analysts rate its three-year plan
The telco's three areas of focus in its new strategic blueprint.

Secrets of the extraordinary Vodafone-One NZ makeover - and the clever logo that didn't fly
'We can now focus on New Zealand 100 per cent of the time.'

Spark mobile rage: Call outages and the phone hack to fix them
Spark is "urgently working" to find the cause of customers being unable to make calls.

Spark customers unable to make calls
The issue seems to be affecting Spark customers nationwide.

Markets with Madison: Spark doesn’t want whole cyclone rebuild bill
Spark's boss says it shouldn't be on the hook for the whole rebuild bill.

Spark boss on spate of stolen generators, direct financial cost of cyclone
Shareholders enjoy a $350m windfall following the sale of the cell tower network.

Focus: Spark CEO on cyclone rebuild
Spark chief executive Jolie Hodson says the telecommunications network was largely back up and running within days following the cyclone. Video / NZ Herald

Spark reports bumper half-year profit on cell tower sale, but underlying numbers weaker
$350m to shareholders. Tower windfall could become politically charged, post-Gabrielle.

Basic fibre restored for Gisborne after last-minute digger blunder
Telco boss calls blunder disheartening for crews working 24/7. Telcos offer free data.

Builder insolvency to cost creditors $698,000
A slew of problems, some pandemic-related, seem to have struck another builder.

Nightmare before Christmas: IRD owed $1.1m, creditors $460k - what to do?
Troubles hit another builder - just before Christmas.

Free cricket is back: Spark exits sport, transfers content to TVNZ
Formula 1 out of the picture.

Spark Sport sale: Telco confirms talks with TVNZ
Analyst says deal would make sense.

Premium: Deloitte Top 200 CEO of the Year awarded to Spark’s Jolie Hodson
She was appointed to the top job in August 2019, just six months before Covid tipped the world upside down. Video / NZ Herald

Deloitte Top 200 Awards: Diversity and Inclusion Leadership: Spark
Spark allows its people to decide what a commitment to inclusion might look like.

Govt’s new $2000 broadband installation grant for rural homes - Starlink will be eligible
New $15m scheme will cover about 7500 remote households.

ComCom seeks 1000 volunteers as broadband testing overhauled to include 5G, Starlink
But will the new system be gamed? UK firm reappointed over locals.

Why AWS is spending $7.5b on NZ data centres
Increased demand for cloud computing has prompted AWS to make a big investment.

How Spark is moving NZ forward with 5G and fibre rollouts
End-to-end infrastructure services key to new telecoms entity Entelar.

Shaw sees 'oversight' in emissions targets
Wider adoption of digital tech could meet 42% of NZ's climate change goal, study says.

Elon Musk's NZ push: The number of Starlink customers will surprise you
The number of local Starlink customers will surprise you.

Mood of the Boardroom: Shortage of skills and labour top concerns
Business leaders are concerned about the challenge of trying to fill vacancies.

Mood of the Boardroom: Accelerating climate response
Technology adoption leapt forward as people were sent home to work and study.

How Consumer ranked telcos for customer-friendliness
2degrees came out on top but was let down by its annual summary.

Te wiki o te reo Māori: What businesses are doing
Businesses have big plans to go even further this year - kōrero nui.