The Ambient Group has completed its transformation of The Britomart Country Club into the Matua Britomart Cricket Club (MBCC), and has finalised the Legends of Cricket Series function hosting three cricketing greats: English cricket royalty Sir Ian Botham, NZ cricket royalty Sir Richard Hadlee, and Australian fast bowling tearaway Jeff (Thommo) Thompson.

Lipton Ice Tea and oOh! have conjured up a peachy idea to tempt shoppers and students with a cool way to engage with advertising panels.

Tickets for the 2015 Axis Awards and Gala Dinner have gone on sale. The show will be held on Thursday 12 March at SKYCITY Convention Centre. Doors open at 6.30pm, and the presentations get under way at 7.30.

justONE and .99 took out the Grand Prix for Foodstuffs Shopping Just Got More Rewarding: The Launch of New World Clubcard campaign at the 28th NZ Direct Marketing Awards, held in The Great Room at The Langham Auckland last night. It was a big night for BBDO shops, with justONE/.99’s siblings Colenso/Proximity also taking out 11 Golds.

London’s currently the focus for Pead PR account director Amelia Haysom who is attending the annual IPREX Global Leadership Conference this week (26-29 Feb.).

New Zealand has been ranked #7 in the Country Rankings section of the Warc 100, a global ranking of marketing campaigns based on performance in effectiveness and strategy competitions. Colenso BBDO ranked #3 in the top creative agency list (it topped this list last year), and FCB #16.