BEIJING/NEW YORK, Monday: NZ Agencies put in a strong showing in the finalists selections for the One Asia Creative Awards 2022 – produced by The One Club Asia – with 13 through – all entered by Special Auckland.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Ask any single person who has used digital dating platforms, and they’ll tell you it’s not pretty. The internet is filled with comically awful dating stories and matching fails. 

AUCKLAND, Today: Kiwi comedian and TV personality Te Radar has taken drastic action to reverse the effects of climate change in the Pacific by attempting to #SueTheSea.

AUCKLAND, Saturday: School Road Publishing – part of Waitapu Group (includes Stanley St creative agency) has pulled forward their decision to migrate to digital exclusively.

AUCKLAND, Today: Last night the PR, experiential and social sectors came together to celebrate and award the best campaigns from the last 12 months. After a two-month entry period followed by two rounds of judging by 40 experts, the Comms Council hande dout 29 silver Pressies, nine golds, and a Grand Prix.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has issued a call for awards that have had their time in the limelight – forgotten gold that now sits in the far corner of the awards shelf, or buried deep in the basement, collecting dust, rather than accolades. 

AUCKLAND, Thursday: For the second consecutive year, NZ investment platform Sharesies has topped the annual Kantar Customer Leadership Index, a ranking of brands for customer experience, released today by data/insights/consulting company Kantar.

AUCKLAND, Today: In a collaboration between Spark, Colenso BBDO, Assembly and five prominent Kiwi creatives, the Spark 5G Street Museum tests the limits of Spark’s new 5G network by demonstrating its potential for creativity.

AUCKLAND, Today: AUNZ tech platform Seedooh has launched “the world’s first” independent cinema-based ad-verification technology, promising “a new level of transparency to cinema advertising in Australia and New Zealand”.