AUCKLAND, Today: Following the devastating effects of Cyclone Gabrielle, KidsCan came to OMD New Zealand wanting help to raise money for flood victims through media.

AUCKLAND, Today: AI is reshaping advertising in Aotearoa, according to senior AUT academics. “What does the ease of creating imagery online mean for New Zealand’s advertising industry?” they ask.

AUCKLAND, Today: MediaWorks “is x-cited” to confirm that their stable of nine leading music and entertainment radio brands is expanding to welcome a new radio station – replacing Today FM, which closed suddenly last month.

SYDNEY, Today: Leading indigenous Māori creative from New Zealand, Raymond Otene McKay, asks (via Campaign Brief AU): “Do we want the future of advertising decided by one homogenous group?

AUCKLAND, Friday: Parnell agency Spark Foundry New Zealand is collaborating again with Westpac NZ on the 2023 Chopper Appeal Month.

AUCKLAND, Today: After 21 years of delivering one of the few light-hearted features of an increasingly earnest NZ Herald, the paper has axed Ana Samway’s Sideswipe column.

AUCKLAND, Friday: BusinessDesk’s Daniel Dunkley reports that North & South magazine has been sold to School Road Publishing, the title’s second sale since the collapse of Bauer New Zealand in 2020.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: A new research study on gaming advertising for brands is being supported by AU/NZ digital ad network Scroll Media to show the effectiveness of the channel with global games developer Gameloft.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phantom is offering free posters for every musical act staging a show during Te Marama Puoro o Aotearoa/New Zealand Music Month.