The Advertising Standards Authority has confirmed a review of the Code for Advertising to Children and the Children’s Code for Advertising Food. The last review as completed in 2010.

Whybin\TBWA client ANZ bank leads the list of finalists for the 2015 Plain English Awards. “The judges had 140 entries to read through, and a hard job choosing between them,” said Gregory Fortuin, Chair of the WriteMark Plain English Awards Trust. “Any individual or organisation that made the finalist list should be very proud to be there.”

Only a few months after NZ Rugby engaged Sugar&Partners to deliver its ITM Cup campaign the agency has “successfully reignited deep-seated rivalries and passions for NZ’s premier national sporting competition, stoking the fire within dormant fans” with an outdoor and social media activation campaign.

Spark may be about to hand its creative account to Auckland agency Shine, according to unconfirmed reports. The incumbent for is Saatchi & Saatchi.

The CAANZ PREScom Champion Speaker Series – the much-heralded breakfast event featuring leading journalists, commentators and industry heads – is on in Auckland this Wednesday (21 October).

The video produced by Auckland agency The Business for the National Foundation for the Deaf has gone viral and is creating a global conversation about the unfairness about not having captioning legislated in NZ.

Sydney-based Isentia TWO Social head Richard Spencer delved deep into the dark, fast-moving world of mobile technology to write this piece for M+AD.

TVNZ has launched its new trade site, tvnzsales.co.nz, and refreshed its newsletter “to ensure we make it as easy as possible for you to stay up to date on what is happening at TVNZ”.