DB Breweries has dumped 18-year incumbent PHD Group, and appointed Red Star at Dentsu Aegis Network as its lead media agency partner following a local competitive pitch.

Tomorrow being our national celebration of nationhood – Waitangi Day – there’ll be no M+AD in your inbox.

Carat has been named the leading media agency in New Zealand when it comes to new business wins for 2017, according to R3.

Assignment and Waitemata Films are launching a NZ Brewers Association campaign this weekend that aims to bust myths and share facts about beer to help educate Kiwi consumers about what they are drinking.

The Public Relations Institute (Prinz) has issued its call for entries for its 2018 awards show, encouraging members to showcase their best work across 12 categories.

Lorde has taken out a full-page ad in the NZ Herald which appears to be a thinly veiled swipe at the prejudices faced by many female recording artists – and the Kiwi star’s exclusion from the performance roster at the Grammys.

Some of New Zealand’s digital and ecommerce heavyweights have come together to create a new digital agency, Hype & Dexter, based in Auckland.

TBWA\New Zealand has officially launched its new production arm, Bolt, created (says the agency, in a release) in response to the changing needs of our clients and brands that need to reach their customers more often with meaningful content.