AUCKLAND, Today: Brisbane-based award-winning Aussie PR agency Aruga Comms has established a New Zealand arm in downtown Anzac Ave – in association with NZ shop Energi.
Little Red Book
AUCKLAND, Today: Kiwi adman Vaughn Davis’s second book, Covid Schmovid – 19 Ways to Make your Small Business Boom hands out useable advice without the usual cant or cliché.
NZ #1 (Updated)
SINGAPORE, Friday: New Zealand emerged as the overall winner at the APAC Effies with a total of 20 Effies, followed by Australia with 13, India with 12, Japan with nine, and China with eight.
Fleasy-Peasy
AUCKLAND, Today: Elanco Animal Health (formerly Bayer) has unveiled a new integrated campaign for its market-leading flea treatment for cats and dogs, Seresto.
Home for Xmas
AUCKLAND, Today: long-established architecture title, Home magazine, will be relaunched to the market in December after a brief hiatus following the Bauer exit from NZ.
Shock no-show
AUCKLAND, Today: The coronavirus dealt a savage blow to this year’s Effie Awards – forcing the no-show of two of the prime players on the finals shortlist – Colenso BBDO and FCB.
Public Service
AUCKLAND, Today: Finalists in the Wallace Art Awards – one of NZ’s most prestigious competitions – will have their works showcased around the country as part of an oOh!media campaign with the Urban Art Foundation.
Once more with feeling
AUCKLAND, Today: “Pretty much everyone can write,” reckons adman Michael Goldthorpe – a former TBWA NZ creative, who now runs indie agency Hunch. “It’s a technical skill that requires an understanding of clarity, accuracy and grammatical convention. If you can read, you can write.
Down to the wire (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB has collected 22 finalist spots for Effie 2020, ahead of TBWA with 11, Dentsu nine, Saatchi & Saatchi eight, Stanley St seven, Special Group six and Pitchblack three.
Lumo & Val step up
SYDNEY, Today: Vistar Media, a leading global provider of software for digital-out-of-home, is launching programmatic capabilities in New Zealand.
