Spark Mobile Review
Spark is one of New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services companies. It offers a varied range of different pay monthly and pre-paid phone plans as well as broadband services.
What phone plans does Spark offer?
Prepaid
All of Spark’s prepaid plans come with a Spotify discount and hotspotting, and more expensive plans offer free Spotify data and Data Stack.
Data Stack: earn 100MB of data every 28 days when you stay on an eligible Spark Prepaid Value Pack, up to a maximum of 10GB. Unused Data Stack does not roll over.
Prepay (four-weekly)
$16 Plan: 25 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ & OZ – 150MB Rollover data. Extras: 10% Spotify Premium discount
$21 Plan: 200 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ & OZ – 1.5GB Rollover data. Extras: 10% Spotify Premium discount, Data Stack
$26 Plan: 250 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ & OZ – 2GB Rollover data. Extras: 10% Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data, Data Stack
$31 Plan: 300 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ & OZ – 3GB Rollover. Extras: $7 Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data, Data Stack
$41 Plan: 400 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ & OZ – 4.5GB Rollover. Extras: $7 Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data, Data Stack
$51 Plan: 500 Rollover Minutes & Unlimited Texts in NZ & OZ – 10GB Rollover. Extras: $7 Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data, Data Stack
$81 Plan: Unlimited calls & texts to NZ & OZ – Endless capped at 80GB max speed. Extras: $7 Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data, Data Stack
Pay monthly
Spark offers five endless data plans:
Endless data plans:
$45 Plan: Endless Data Capped Max Speed 5GB. Unlimited calls & texts to NZ & OZ. 10% Spotify Premium discount.
$65 Plan: Endless Data Capped Max Speed 75GB. Unlimited calls & texts to NZ & OZ. 10% Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data
$75 Plan: Endless Data Capped Max Speed 150GB. Unlimited calls & texts to NZ & OZ. $7 Spotify Premium discount & free Spotify data. Add up to four companion plans for $40/month each.
$90 Plan: Endless Data No Max Speed Cap. Unlimited calls & texts to NZ & OZ. Free Spotify Premium ($18.99/month). Add up to four companion plans for $45/month each. International talk and texts.
$95 Plan: Endless Data Netflix Plan. Unlimited calls & texts to NZ & OZ. Free Netflix Standard ($25.99/month). Add up to four companion plans for $45/month each. International talk and texts.
All Spark plans offer hotspotting and free voicemail.
Spark top-ups and extras
Spark also has a range of top-ups that provide extra data should you run out as well as a range of wearable plans catered for a compatible smartwatch.
Are Sparks phone plans value for money?
Spark’s phone plans don’t tend to be the cheapest on paper. However, if you factor in the Spotify Premium discounts some plans work out in line, or even cheaper, than similar plans from other providers. Of course, this only works if you’re already paying for Spotify and this saves you money.
Spark’s companion plans can also prove good value for money, when you spread the total cost across multiple users.
Prices correct as of 27/06/2025.
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About the author of this page
Bruce Pitchers is Canstar NZ’s Content Manager. An experienced finance reporter, he has three decades’ experience as a journalist and has worked for major media companies in Australia, the UK and NZ, including ACP, Are Media, Bauer Media Group, Fairfax, Pacific Magazines, News Corp and TVNZ. As a freelancer, he has +worked for The Australian Financial Review, the NZ Financial Markets Authority and major banks and investment companies on both sides of the Tasman.
In his role at Canstar, he has been a regular commentator in the NZ media, including on the Driven, Stuff and One Roof websites, the NZ Herald, Radio NZ, and Newstalk ZB.
Away from Canstar, Bruce creates puzzles for magazines and newspapers, including Woman’s Day and New Idea. He is also the co-author of the murder-mystery book 5 Minute Murder.