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Spark under fire for supporting Whale Oil event

Spark corporate comms boss defends telco's support of event from controversial blogger Cameron Slater.

Campbell Gibson
Wed, 10 Jun 2015

Spark [NZX:SPK] has endured a wave of social media criticism today after it was announced on blog site Whale Oil that the telco was "sponsoring" an event run by the site’s owner, Cameron Slater.

Spark is playing down its support of “A Decade of Dirt,” and says it only gifted two smart phones with

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Campbell Gibson
Wed, 10 Jun 2015
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