Spark New Zealand

Skinny Jump is proud to partner with Red Cross on the Awhi Matihiko programme. For refugees, getting connected to the internet is vital for settling in a new country, learning a new language, and staying in touch with their families and friends. You can read more about the programme here: https://lnkd.in/eXnEa5qa

Nominations for the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards close at midnight tonight! 🕰️ This is your last chance to nominate your Spark New Zealand Innovator of the Year. Have your say at nzawards.org.nz #nzoty #nzoty2025

We’re proud to support Recycle A Device through Spark New Zealand Foundation. RAD takes second-hand laptops donated by businesses and households, teaches local ākonga (students) to refurbish them, and then gets them into the hands of those who need them the most.   RAD is calling for donations of used laptops, so if you or your organisation can help, get in touch with the team. 

🎓 We’re excited to announce Spark and Section’s Executive AI for Business Mini-MBA is back by popular demand, with limited spaces available for our second cohort in October. Don't miss out. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gcFFeRUp #AI #MiniMBA 

Spark is thrilled to be supporting the GirlBoss New Zealand Awards again this year. Applications are now open, with prizes to recognise and champion young women (aged 11 - 18) across Aotearoa who are defying stereotypes and making a difference.   Winners will be recognised at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, September 24th, at The Northern Club in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. If you would like to nominate a young leader, click on the link below to learn more. https://lnkd.in/e7dAY9mY

Matariki celebrations at our Spark offices around the motu took place this week as we remembered those that have passed and celebrated the beginning of the Māori new year. Kai was at the heart of it all alongside kapa haka performances from local rōpu including the amazing Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi and Te Ahurere o te Manawa Tapu. Our people had the opportunity to learn about the nine stars of Matariki through Metia Interactive's game Guardian Maia, make poi with Poi by Jazz, explore Māori arts and crafts marketplaces with local Pākihi Māori, treat themselves to a mirimiri, and even listen to Taonga Pūoro by our very own Liam Dacombe. Ngā mihi nui to all those that made our celebrations so special.

Today we announced the ultimate gaming festival called Spark Game Arena Live coming to Tāmaki Makaurau’s Spark Arena on Saturday, 7 September. Spark Game Arena Live will bring the best of gaming to Aotearoa with interactive experiences, finals of an esports tournament played live with a prize pool worth over $140,000, and guest appearances from globally recognised gaming personalities. The festival will have capacity for approximately 8,000 attendees across the day, and will be split into two parts  – a morning session that caters to the whole whānau and an afternoon session for those 16 years and over. There’ll be gaming experiences from 10 New Zealand game studios and activations from some of the most well-known game brands, with more to be announced in the coming weeks. For more information about the festival or to purchase a Spark pre-sale ticket, go to spark.co.nz/sgalive. General on-sale goes live at 11am on Wednesday, 3 July. 

Today we announced that we have received resource consent to build a new, large-scale data centre on Auckland’s North Shore as part of a 43-hectare masterplan development with global surf park creators Aventuur.   In a world-first, the development will use an innovative heat exchange system enabling excess heat produced by the data centre to warm the water of the nearby surfing lagoon, while an onsite seven-hectare solar farm will supply renewable energy back into the data centre.   Receiving resource consent for our North Shore development is an exciting milestone. The site will become our third strategic Auckland data centre location, adding to our existing Auckland sites at Takanini, and the CBD. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g4KmfYeg

We’re so proud to celebrate our Māori Development Lead Riki Hollings who has been awarded the Corporate Change Tōtara award at Te Matihiko awards tonight. The contribution you have made over almost three decades has been immense. Your guidance as we navigate te ao Māori at Spark and continue to grow our understanding and capability in this space is so valued by us all. Ngā mihi nui e te rangatira mō tō mahi. Kei te ngākau pono koe ki te Kora Aotearoa. A massive thank you for your efforts, leadership, and the loyalty you’ve shown to Spark. He poho kererū e hoa

We are thrilled to announce that Spark New Zealand, in partnership with CCL, has been honoured as the HPE Global Service Provider of the Year 2024 by Hewlett Packard Enterprise. This prestigious award is a testament to the outstanding efforts and commitment of our teams at CCL and Spark. We are deeply grateful for the unwavering support from our partners and clients who made this possible. A huge thank you to everyone involved! Together, we look forward to continuing to push boundaries and achieve great things. Read announcement here: https://lnkd.in/g5BHmyer #HPEDiscover #TechInnovation #WeAreCCL #Spark #ExcellenceInService Richard Adams Robert Monteith Donna Sanders Daniel Cooper Stephen Job Yvette Liddington Mark Trotter Kerry McKellar-Bailey Thanh Day Nicki Shirley Indranil Chowdhury