AUCKLAND, Today: Adding to its four recent wins at the Drum Awards, OMD NZ has added another two notches to its awards belt for 2022.

AUCKLAND, Today: Seven weeks after appointing Bridget Taylor as chief creative officer to bring world-class creativity to the data-driven performance engine, Krunch have added more firepower to their offering with the acquisition of SEO, data and dashboarding specialist indie agency Venerate Digital.

AUCKLAND, Today: A covid-19 vaccine-awareness campaign, devised by US/NZ agency TimeZoneOne and US partner agency Schafer Condon Carter for the Illinois Department of Public Health, has picked up a regional US Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Chicago.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Mayor Wayne Brown cut the ribbon at two new Auckland Film Studios sound stages in Henderson today but wants the whole business sold in the new year, reports Dan Brunskill, in NZME online paysite BusinessDesk.

AUCKLAND, Today: AIA NZ has appointed Bastion Shine as the company’s integrated marketing and communications business partner, following a competitive pitch. Sydney-based Extollo PR, who sent us the news, was unable to provide information about the incumbent – but it’s believed to be Auckland shop Together.

AUCKLAND, Today: The M+AD crew is about to embark on a month-long Xmas/New Year break. Our last edition for 2022 is just five working days away – this Friday 16 December.

NEW YORK, Today: Special NZ has been named among the top 10 agencies in the world for consistently producing effective creative campaigns in 2022, in the latest New York Festivals AME Awards roundup.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has released details of the dates & deadlines of all its major awards shows next year.

AUCKLAND, Today: Spikes Asia have announced their jury for 2023, with Run chief creative officer Raymond Otene McKay appointed to the panel of industry experts.