AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The country’s PR, brand experience, events and social media industry professionals gathered at Bar Twenty-One at Sky City in Auckland last night to recognise the best campaigns from the last year at the inaugural PREScom Awards, organised by the Commercial Communications Council.

AUCKLAND, Today: The inaugural PREScom Awards 2018 are on tonight (scroll down for the details). The finalists include Fuse, Spark PR & Activate, Copper Brand Experiences, Scope Media, MediaWorks, Mango, Campbell+Co, Studio7, Hustle & Bustle, Mktng, Tenfold Creative, TBWA\, Sherson Willis, and Eleven PR.

MELBOURNE, Today: Next week, the Australia-based global climate change organisation, the Global CCS Institute, is launching its flagship publication, The Global Status of CCS, at the 24th UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in wintery Katowice, Poland – with a NZ agency on board.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: We often encounter interesting tales in Phantom Billstickers’ weekly Phan Mail e-letter. This week’s edition – featuring a self-penned piece on wannabe artists and painters who still manage to hold down a proper job – is pretty cool.

SYDNEY, Today: “Your article about the merger between JWT and Wunderman promoted me to get in touch,” writes GroupM communications director Rose Baker. “The article outlines the local NZ WPP agencies – but none of our media agencies are mentioned, so I thought I would introduce myself and the group …

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: New Zealand’s top 10 ceos have been revealed in the launch of Isentia’s new Leadership Index: The Impact of Presence.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: FCB and Testicular Cancer New Zealand have unveiled the Testimatic, the world’s first “auto ball checker” that is causing a stir across the globe.

SYDNEY, Monday: Auckand specialist shopper & retail communications agency Raydar has won Experiential/Promotional Agency of the Year at this year’s B&T Awards on behalf of the Clemenger Group.

AUCKLAND, Today: No stranger to sustainability (remember Sand and Brewtroleum?), DB Export (with Colenso BBDO and Franklin Rd) has released a series of “paperless” newspaper ads – according to a release out of Colenso this morning.

AUCKLAND, Today: Media commentator Graham Medcalf is the latest adept to add a voice to the growing clamour from critics of the MediaWorks decision to close Radio Live (presented as a “merger” with Magic).