Colenso BBDO provided the Brewtrolium creative muscle behind DB Breweries joint win with Gull in the Renewables Innovation Award at the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards held at Shed earlier in the week.

Parnell strategic & creative marketing comms agency The Business has worked alongside Hansells Food Group to develop a new brand – Vitafresh fruit drink, which is made for specifically for kids.

Auckland healthcare ad agency Insight last night won two Bronzes at the global IPA Best of Health Awards in London. No other NZ agencies featured. Insight also did well at these awards last year.

A collective of Auckland directors and creatives have got together to create their own filmic memories of K Rd for NZ On Air presents K Rd Stories, a collection of 10 short web films about Auckland’s iconic uptown street.

Beat Freemans Bay client Eat My Lunch – an Effie 2015 finalist – won the Communication gold at the 2015 NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards, held Tuesday at Shed 10 on the waterfront.

All the Epica 2015 results are now in, and they confirm our earlier report that NZ entries were making little impact at the Europe-based global awards show, judged by votes from global marketing journalists, including M+AD ed David Gapes.

M+AD goes into holiday mode in just three weeks. We’re taking a break from Wednesday 16 December (our last email issue for the year) and will return on Monday 11 January.

Ponsonby creative digital shop Method Studios is bringing back its Secret Santa Service which assists agencies and clients distribute their Christmas gifts (oops, sorry Dame Susan … Happy Holidays gifts).