AUCKLAND, Monday: With NZ back in lockdown, oOh!media NZ and Lumo have joined forces to support mental health advocates Voices of Hope with a nationwide collaborative We Bounce Back programme.

WELLINGTON, Monday: The Building & Construction Industry Training Organisation and indie agency/production shop EightyOne EightyOne have launched a campaign that hammering home the perks of being a tradie, aiming to continue changing perceptions about the trades.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Strong revenue recovery and margin expansion with EBITDA more than tripling to NZ$33.3m, oOh!media Limited (ASX:OML) has announced its financial results for the half year ended 30 June 2021.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Newly appointed ceo Skye Kimura has launched Tātou ki Tāmaki Makaurau – which aims to support Māori organisations to achieve “the right comms narrative and messaging” at at Māori-owned cafe, UpCafe, in Albert St in the CBD.

AUCKLAND, Monday: After a competitive pitch process, Ponsonby integrated indie agency YoungShand, has been appointed by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation to manage their creative and media needs. The incumbent, DDB Aotearoa, was not part of the pitch process.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Stuff’s unfolding news coverage of the Delta outbreak has delivered two good days for the site – with the average daily audience surging to 2.11 million unique browsers.

AUCKLAND, Sunday: After 30 years’ building and leading Wellington independent agency GSL Promotus, managing director and co-owner Sigrun Grice has confirmed the sell-down of her shareholding in the agency.

AUCKLAND, Sunday: Paul Catmur – at his dry mediocre best in these two back-to-school clips from today’s Herald on Sunday column (scroll down for the link) …

NEW YORK, Sunday: New Zealand has scored four shortlist places – all to Special Group; three shared with Sweet Shop – at the New York Festivals AME Awards, which celebrate advertising & marketing effectiveness.