AUCKLAND, Tuesday: New Zealand brain food company Ārepa has launched their brain drink in a can in a fresh outdoor campaign this week. Apart from PR (scroll down for the credits) no agencies were involved, and all creativity was done in-house.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Express Magazine, New Zealand’s sole LGBTQ+ title, has rebranded to Your Ex, a multi-media platform dedicated to celebrating the diverse voices and experiences of the queer community in Aotearoa.

LOS ANGELES, Today: An eye-catching campaign – Whanau Ora Rep Your Suburb from NZ agencies Motion Sickness, MBM, and Southsides – has been named Best Outdoor in the World by TBWAChiatDay LA ECD Kirsten Rutherford (writing in the latest edition of Bestadsontv).

AUCKLAND, Today: Shopper support service Boxer has appointed Karangahape Road shop The Goat Farm as its advertising agency partner, confirming a role TGF has been filling for the past year.

AUCKLAND, Today: Revolut, a global finance super app with 30 million customers, has announced its official launch in New Zealand, in partnership with Phantom Billstickers. Creative is being handled in-house by Revolut.

AUCKLAND, Today: Following a competitive pitch, integrated creative agency Darkhorse has been appointed the exclusive agency for all of One New Zealand’s experiential sponsorship activity in New Zealand for the next two years.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Simon Lendrum writes (in his regular CEO Update column on the Comms Council website): “We’ve just finished yet another year of celebration, inspiration and yes, awards, at the Cannes Lions Festival.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Agency legend Mike Hutcheson aims to “reignite your passion” at the upcoming Marketing Association Monthly Meetup next week.