AUCKLAND, Last night: The Comms Council and Stuff announced the winners of the Young Lions Aotearoa 2023 competition at Shed10, on the back of this year’s Axis Speaks event in front of 600+ creatives from across the industry.

AUCKLAND, Today:The world’s largest media network today (31 March) celebrates 25 years in business, since opening it’s very first office in Hong Kong in 1998. OMD has three offices in NZ – in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch.

AUCKLAND, Last Night: Colenso BBDO took out the Agency of the Year title at the 43rd annual Axis Awards at Shed 10. Special won the Grand Axis, and Sweetshop was named Production Company of the year.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: PHD Aotearoa won large at the Festival of Media APAC Awards 2023, held virtually last week, taking home six trophies for work across six different categories.

SYDNEY, Thursday: One New Zealander was named among elite at B&T’s 30 Under 30 selection – Matthew Herbert, co-founder of AUNZ brand tracker Tracksuit.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: MediaWorks commercial director Liz Fraser writes: “I wanted to let you know that the MediaWorks board has confirmed its decision to take Today FM off air.”

AUCKLAND, Thursday: OMD New Zealand and eight clients have partnered with global attention measurement leader, Amplified Intelligence, to conduct a country-first Unlocking the Power of Attention study on how Kiwis retain attention across various media platforms.

AUCKLAND, Today: Grey Lynn-based independent PR agency Undertow Media has signed Heineken and Foley Wines to its portfolio.