NEW YORK, Wednesday: Ogilvy NZ is the only Kiwi agency to make the shortlist at the D&AD Impact Awards for NZ Police The World’s Most Successful Recruitment Video campaign, shot by The Sweet Shop.

Pedestrians often recall posters that were removed weeks or even months ago, according to new research commissioned by Phantom Billstickers.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: NZME has made three new hires to its senior commercial team – Andy Taylor, Hayley Braisby, and Margaret Hawker.

In celebration of te reo, Stuff this week is running Maori language versions of the mastheads of six daily newspapers throughout the country – plus the Stuff homepage.

Auckland-based Alexander PR and its content marketing division The Content Place have joined US-based HubSpot as a certified agency partner. HubSpot is a leading CRM, marketing, sales, and customer experience platform that works with agency partners to grow their clients’ businesses through inbound software, services, and support. 

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME is celebrating Māori Language Week, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, across multiple platforms.

Auckland agency Sugar&partners has unveiled an “IP Partnership” initiative with the launch of Wondermins – a creative business concept initiated, built and launched by the agency, with business partner & ceo Rob Berman.

AUCKLAND, Today: Creative indie Sugar has won a three-way pitch for Dunkin’ Donuts NZ – an account previously handled in-house. The other pitchers have not been identified.

A new Colenso campaign from the NZ Book Council (NZBC) aims to address declining literacy rates, by encouraging Kiwi kids to read the books that inspired some of their favourite movies.