FCB NZ recently launched a campaign for It’s Not OK to shine a light on the prevalent issue of family violence in New Zealand. Contrary to popular belief, violence occurs in every sector of society, including high socio-economic households too – a shocking one in four. To tell this story, rather than an ad, FCB created an unexpected article in the pages of the glossy June/July issue of HOME magazine.

CAANZ is preparing again to open up the call for entry for Axis 2016. “This year we are fortunate to have retained Barnes Catmur ceo Daniel Barnes as our chairman, and have welcomed DDB CCO Damon Stapleton as our new Axis Convenor for 2016,” said CAANZ ceo Paul Head.

A red letter day is turning pink for an important cause. The NZ Effie Awards on Thursday 8 October falls during Breast Cancer Awareness Month – and this year CAANZ will hold a live auction to help raise funds to support the work of Breast Cancer Cure.

Nielsen no longer publishes its annual Top 200 NZ Advertiser chart – a popular resource that ran in AdMedia’s Agencies & Clients book (which went out of publication in 2013 when Mediaweb folded). The researcher is, however, now supplying M+AD with an annual Top 20.

With the proliferation of communication channels, media companies are changing their offering. How is New Zealand responding to this new era of media and marketing?  And what does it mean for marketers, agencies and consumers?

Volkswagen NZ and its agency Colenso BBDO have – unsurprisingly – gone to ground as the VW emissions scandal brings the global brand crashing around their ears – perhaps fatally.

Creative retail agency.99 and direct experts justONE are encouraging marketers to rethink what’s possible in the world of DM, via a new campaign for the 2015 NZ Direct Marketing Awards – which has just issued its 2015 call for entries.

M+AD has accepted an invitation to join The Campaign Asia Agency of the Year Awards family of sponsors – coinciding with its entry call for NZ and Australian agencies.

The Paris-based Epica Awards – the global creative awards judged by the world’s advertising trade press – has announced its entry call and launched its 2015 season with new categories.