Downtown Auckland indie shop Republik has won the digital business for the new consumer products division at legendary Wellington design & effects facility Weta Workshop.

Employees from New Zealand insurance company Fidelity Life take the starring roles on the insurer’s new website as part of its brand and digital refresh.

Shoppers’ facial expressions will determine the advertising creative they see on a new campaign for Nutella that, in a New Zealand and Australian advertising first, uses facial mapping technology to determine their mood and personalises creative to match.

Colenso BBDO picked up seven Golds, two Silvers and a Bronze overnight at the Spikes Asia Tangrams Effectiveness Awards (formerly known as the Asian Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy Award) in Singapore. Republik won a Silver.

Sticky plastic-hooks brand Velcro has taken to the airwaves of the world with a rather brilliant Don’t Say Velcro song-and-dance TVC that aims to protect its patent and reclaim its product from copycats and jokesters.

Comedian Thomas Sainsbury became a talking smoke alarm in the new campaign currently capturing eyes and minds for Fire & Emergency New Zealand, via FCB, to encourage Kiwis to check their alarms.

In response to the company’s growing presence in Asia and surrounding region, The Sweet Shop has opened a new lead office in Shanghai, expanding its footprint to a total of seven offices around the world.

Tickets to the Comms Council’s 2017 New Zealand Effie Awards show (held in association with TVNZ) have gone on sale globally today.