BUSAN, Yesterday: South Korean creative/tech comp Ad Stars 2021 has selected DDB Aotearoa creative director Christie Cooper to sit on the Design & Print jury.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Ponsonby indie YoungShand has been awarded the creative & media business of green power provider Flick Electric in a competitive pitch.

AUCKLAND, Today: Herald columnist Paul Catmur’s been busy with with his writing lately, continuing his examination of employment tangles (like April’s Career advice to the Mediocre) in Friday’s edition of the paper.

AUCKLAND, Today: Two campaigns that demonstrate how public relations can engage communities and decisionmakers were crowned Supreme winners in the 2021 PRINZ Awards.

AUCKLAND, Friday: The Public Relations Institute has awarded Life membership to Claudia Macdonald in recognition of her significant service over 30 years.

LONDON, Friday: DDB won NZ’s only Yellow Pencil at D&AD 2021 (for the NZ AIDS Foundation The Baby That Changed HIV). The agency also scored three Wood Pencils, two for McDonald’s Reflections and one for Emerson’s Tiny Pub.

LONDON, Friday: TBWA\NZ and DDB Aotearoa scored Gold at the Caples Awards 2021 – and Colenso BBDO was ranked joint 5th agency best creative agency in the world (alongside) AMV BBDO London.

AUCKLAND, Today: The DDB/Mowday/Stapleton epic gets dissected by NZ Herald Business writer Damiem Venuto is a DPS/video in this morning’s edition.

AUCKLAND, Today: School Road Publishing has appointed prominent writer, journalist and speaker Niki Bezzant as editor of wellness & sustainability magazine Thrive.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Sling & Stone has welcomed six new clients to its New Zealand portfolio. NZ head Sian Church said: “These brands are shaping the future in education, home interiors, travel tech, legaltech and sports.