AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Getty Images and the International Paralympic Committee are extending their existing partnership agreement, which sees Getty Images serve exclusively as the official photographic agency to the IPC.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: New Zealanders have put a high value on the importance of quality journalism by backing the NZ Herald’s digital news subscription service, according to NZME ceo Michael Boggs.

AUCKLAND, Today: We are saddened to report that acclaimed production manager Deb Sinton died on Monday at Whangarei Hospice following a brief illness.

AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand arm of WPP’s GroupM media agency has created a ceo role in this country, and promoted former Wavemaker MD and GroupM COO Chris Riley into the role.

CHICAGO, Today: TimeZoneOne (TZO), a global creative communications agency founded in Christchurch, has been awarded top honours at the 60th annual Publicity Club Chicago Golden Trumpet Awards.

AUCKLAND, Today: To celebrate the release of five new premium ice-cream flavours into supermarkets nationwide, Sugar & Partners, Social Sugar and New Zealand Natural have launched an integrated outdoor, digital and social campaign.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Its high-noon in the Wild West as Texas Chicken and KFC go head-to-head in a contest for the custom of fried chicken connoisseurs on Auckland’s Lincoln Road.

AUCKLAND, Today: Stickybeak, an NZ online platform designed to replace traditional public opinion & quantitative research, was launched yesterday to agencies, marketers, and communication leaders.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Restaurant Brands has appointed PHD Group PR agency Drum as its new corporate comms agency. The incumbent was Sherson Willis Auckland. The split was amicable and there was no pitch.