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”.

oOh!media has installed a large-format double-sided full-motion digital screen in Auckland’s newest shopping centre NorthWest, 10km west of Te Atatu on SH16.

Following a formal pitch process, Freemans Bay indie Republik has won Unitec’s strategic, creative and media business.

While some community radio stations (see footnotes) use solar energy, Duncan Garner’s drive show will be the first solar-powered broadcast to be heard on a nationwide network.