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SYDNEY, Today: London-based WPP plc, majority shareholder of WPP AUNZ, has sent an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of the ordinary shares in WPP AUNZ that it does not already own – at a price of A$0.55 per share in cash.

AUCKLAND, Today: A 55-year-old woman, who police believe may have been the victim of a homicide, was the owner and sole shareholder of Digipost, a one-time pillar of TV post in NZ.

AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has this morning published the results of an historic investigation into itself, and issued a public apology for the way the media organisation has portrayed Māori from its first editions to now.

AUCKLAND, Friday: New Zealander Carl Allan has today launched Pedestal, a Perth-based global business platform providing a one-stop website & online marketing hub specifically for tradies.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phantom Billstickers has curated a selection of original works by Kiwi poets Becky Woodall, Eamonn Tee, Simon Sweetman, Ruby Porter, Steve Thomas and David Eggleton.

AUCKLAND, Today: A lecture about M+AD’s “duty of care” and 200 words of pure PR-speak was the best we could get out of Nielsen Sydney when we sought answers to their “request” for us to publish a corrected version of its latest NZ Magazines Toplines graphic.

AUCKLAND, Friday: New Zealand’s PR, brand experience, events and social media professionals gathered in the heart of Ponsonby at The Sapphire Room last night to recognise the best campaigns from the past 12 months, at the third Comms Council Pressie Awards. 

SINGAPORE, Thursday: Special Group AUNZ’s two-nation network dominated the Campaign Asia Australia-NZ Agency of the Year Awards. DDB Aotearoa (no AU involvement) also took home serious metal.