AUCKLAND, Today: Following the Commercial Communications Council recent board elections which saw Lee-Ann Morris (MBM), Gareth O’Connor (Harvey Cameron), Mark Cochrane (Saatchi & Saatchi), and Sean Keaney (FCB), all join the board, the board has elected a new president.
Show Me Shorts award-winners on show
AUCKLAND, Sunday: The winners of the Show Me Shorts Awards – NZ’s biggest short film festival – were unveiled tonight. Eight awards were given out to six short films.
12 distinguished Kiwis in line for merged RNZ/TVNZ role
AUCKLAND, Today: Paul Wilson – the former MD at Saatchi & Saatchi NZ & TBWA\ – is favoured as one of the 12 distinguished contenders for the ceo role of the RNZ/TVNZ proposed merger, writes NZ Herald business reporter Damien Venutto in the paper this morning.
The 2022 Best Design Award winners
AUCKLAND, Friday: The best in New Zealand design were celebrated at last night’s Best Design Awards. This year saw 1381 initial entries, and the Black, Purple and Gold Pin winners were honoured at the Aotea Centre.
Not Another launches dedicated Webflow agency
CHRISTCHURCH, Friday: Sumner Beach-based full-service creative agency Not Another is launching Glido – a dedicated digital arm of the business.
Dow Goodfolk & Motion Sickness spruik new NZ vodka RTD brand
AUCKLAND, Today: New Kiwi vodka RTD brand Good & Great launched this week in New Zealand with a comedic brand campaign out of design agency Dow Goodfolk and indie creative agency Motion Sickness.
NZME still uses external agencies
AUCKLAND, Today: NZME has elaborated on the group’s use of creative/media/PR agencies. M+AD had requested this information following yet another in-house campaign (this time, for Rocktober).
Semi Permanent returns – after two years

WELLINGTON, Thursday: Aotearoa’s Semi Permanent festival is returning in October after two years. Taking place in Wellington over three days, the event will host global speakers from Netflix, Nike, and Google.
MBM appoints Amy Greene in Auckland, Loren Smith in Wellington
WELLINGTON, Today: MBM Auckland has appointed Amy Greene as a strategy director, to lead and continue to develop the strategic thinking throughout the media agency. MBM has also promoted Loren Smith in Wellington to the role of strategist.
Content producer appoints Isobel Kerr-Newell as ceo
AUCKLAND, Today: Leading subscription-based digital content production company VideoTaxi has appointed communications industry expert Isobel Kerr-Newell, ex-Publicis Groupe, as its new ceo, with “ambitious plans for the future”.