AUCKLAND, Today: After almost 30 years of delivering professional design work for local and international brands, Parnell design agency Redcactus is closing its doors, “allowing its owners to focus on new projects”.

SYDNEY, Today: Publicis Group AUNZ ceo Michael Rebelo – the man in charge of media agencies MBM and Spark Foundry, and advertising powerhouse Saatchi & Saatchi AUNZ – is predicting a rough ride ahead for media for the rest of 2023, reports NZME’s BusinessDesk journalist Daniel Dunkley.

AUCKLAND, Today: Independent photography agency Loupe has added top New Zealand photographer Steve Boniface to its roster.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Ahead of the first preliminary regatta of AC37 in Spain starting at 1:30 Saturday morning NZ time, Emirates Team New Zealand has announced that Go Media is its official outdoor media partner.

HAMILTON, Wednesday: Waikato-based digital marketing agency Unbound has partnered with Hivestack, a Canada-based, world-leading independent programmatic digital out of home ad tech company.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Public Relations Institute of New Zealand and One Plus One Communications have teamed up to host a panel event Working well with the fourth estate with award-winning New Zealand journalists at the forefront of the  media landscape.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Unilever Australia and Unilever New Zealand have announced they have appointed Mindshare as their media agency.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Spark & Colenso BBDO have launched a new campaign – Hello Tomorrow, with technology as its focus.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: oOh!media New Zealand has launched a large screen in the country’s biggest retail centre, Sylvia Park in Auckland.