NZ creatives fared modestly at this year’s YGA Awards in Sydney – converting only one of their five Professional category finalists into Gold.

Gisborne-based grower LeaderBrand has launched an integrated campaign to grow the beetroot category in New Zealand, working with full-service Auckland agency Blackfoot. 

M+AD has made peace with a reader who posted negative comments in response to Tuesday’s story about the pr shop’s new-look website.

The International Olympic Committee has awarded NZ’s Sky network the rights to broadcast the Olympic and Winter Olympics until 2024.

Facebook has launched Delivery Insights to help advertisers to better understand the delivery of their ads and provide recommendations that allow them to quickly take action and improve performance. The company has also unveiled more education materials aimed at helping advertisers with the Facebook ad auctions.

MediaCom NZ was the only NZ winner at the 2016 Festival of Media Asia Pacific held in Singapore yesterday.

Respected NZ adman Barry Williamson (“I view myself as a marketing communications person who happened to specialise in the media side of the business”) has gone on the offensive in response to the Advertising Standards Authority’s decision to no longer release an annual breakdown of actual media and a total advertising turnover number.

The NZ arm of LA-based production company Graffiti Media has launched 360-degree technology – six mounted Go-Pro cameras which shoot combined 360-degree panoramic movable images, navigated with your mouse, to make content for social media.

The Public Relations Institute (PRINZ) has recognised excellence in the fields of public relations and communications with the induction of eight new Fellows from across New Zealand.