bcg2 and Lassoo Media & PR have collaborated to win a pitch for creative and media services promoting Whangarei as a short break destination. Several unnamed agencies participated in the pitch for a campaign to encourage Aucklanders to discover the many short break options just beyond the Brynderwyns.

Colenso BBDO took out The Radio Bureau’s 2015 Grande ORCA for Pedigree K9FM in Auckland last night. This was the second big win for this campaign – which last week won a Gold Pencil at The One Show Awards in New York.

Fugees star Pras Michel engineered an astonishing marketing campaign to get Haitian cross-dressing music legend Michel Martelly – aka Sweet Micky – elected as president of the world’s first (and poorest) black republic in 2011.

A new campaign by international education agency Education New Zealand aims to grow awareness of New Zealand as a study destination through a competition to invite a friend here for a study adventure. The campaign was produced in partnership with Touchcast, Clemenger BBDO and OMD.

Tourism Victoria’s New Zealand office is currently running tenders for a NZ-based media agency, and an Auckland-based PR agency.

MDS AdSchool Auckland 2011 grads Anna Paine & Owen Bryson have been named by NewsCorp Australia as one of only seven finalist teams in the film section of the 2015 Australia Cannes Young Lions Competition.

Ten years ago, 26-year-old Jawed Karim made a video of himself standing in front of some elephants at San Diego Zoo.