Latest - Spark says its sport streaming platform may not launch this week as planned, in time for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix race.
Spark's sport streaming platform was meant to launch this week to coincide with the start of the 2019 Formula One season. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
Spark had intended to launch the service with this week's motor race, but it said it's still working through some issues involving logging in to the platform.
A spokeswoman for Spark said it hopes to fix the problems this week, but if it can't it has a deal to screen the Grand Prix on TVNZ's Duke channel.
Electronic spending up a percent in February
Electronic card retail spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.9 percent in February, as consumers spent more on grocery and liquor sales.
The increase in credit and debit card spending was half the rise of the previous month.
Core retail spending, which excludes fuel and vehicle-related sales, rose about the same amount.
Annual retail spending using the cards was up 3.4 percent.
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