AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand Television Awards have announced the finalists for 2023, with a total of 115 nominations from more than 490 entries across 37 categories.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Once upon a time, Twitter was the place to go if you wanted to connect to New Zealand’s media, political and tech in-crowd. These days – especially since its purchase by Elon Musk – many local users are abandoning the platform in favour of alternatives such as BlueSky, Mastodon and, and putting down their phones and getting some actual work done.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Auckland based production house Reel Factory have just released WTF is Crypto, the latest in their long-form ventures via TVNZ+.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Integrated indie agency Work Communications has crafted a new high-energy advertising campaign for Farmer Brown eggs.

NEW YORK/LONDON, Today: WPP this morning announced a major evolution in its offering to clients with the merger of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZFarmer – New Zealand’s largest free rural newspaper – is being re-launched by Stuff after a five-year hiatus.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Stuff Group has launched a new strategic creative and editorial studio, Harakeke. Sitting within Stuff’s brand connections team, it brings together data and insights, content creatives, marketers, strategists and storytellers to create new ways for brands to get noticed by their next customer.