Sydney 7 June 2016: An inaugural Transtasman study of nearly 700 senior executives responsible for allocating media spend conducted by Econsultancy in association with Datalicious, reveals that even though many media planners consider TV advertising to be disproportionately expensive, it continues to be seen as one of the most effective channels for marketers.

O&M Auckland and Cirkus have shot an animated film to promote Church Road Winery’s vintage 2013 range of exclusive TOM wines.

Former Media Design School founder/ceo Frances Valintine, who ran the business (including the MDS AdSchool) for 14 years to 2013, has been named as one of the world’s top 50 innovators by Makers & Shakers of Education Technology Index in London.

Yahoo New Zealand has turned a blind eye on NZ shops, and appointed Sydney-based Red Agency to manage its communication and public relations activities (previously managed by Acumen Republic in NZ). The appointment is an extension of the existing, four-year partnership between Red Agency and Yahoo7 in Australia.

Whybin\TBWA and the arts & music fraternity have put their creative weight behind an art-chair auction for Bowel Cancer New Zealand.

The folks at iconic Kiwi production house Flying Fish – the people behind an astonishing stream of TVCs that mirror the path of NZ history over the past 30 years – are in celebration mode.

Clemenger BBDO Wellington has won the New Zealand Defence Force creative account from Saatchi & Saatchi.

Spikes Asia has appointed Auckland adman James Hurman of Previously Unavailable as Creative Effectiveness Jury president. This is the second Spikes jury role for Hurman (but his first as a president). The last time was in 2014, when he served on the Innovation jury.

M+AD – with help from readers – has tracked down the owner of Lucky Lucky Dumplings pop-up restaurant in K Rd, and the ad-agency connection is real … if a little tenuous.