Telecommunications company Spark is shifting away from the copper telephone network to a fully digital network.

Merino clothing manufacturer Icebreaker and department store Farmers have been given a ‘fail’ on workers’ rights for refusing to take part in a survey on the issue.

Global dairy prices have climbed at the latest auction, the third consecutive rise in a row.

Vodafone is on the look out for 10 new start-up companies to be part of its Christchurch business incubator, called the Xone.

A surge in annual inflation to its highest level in more than five years is not expected to spook the Reserve Bank or force any change to its interest rate policy.