AUCKLAND, Today: Last night (Wednesday) saw the culmination of three months of hard work for the students enrolled on the Comms Council Foundations of Advertising & Media Course when this year’s cohort came together for a final night of presentations and celebrations.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading European fashion and lifestyle platform Zalando has announced a partnerhips with NZ creative indie agency All is for All to create an innovative disability collection and campaign.

PARIS, Today: The deadline for the Epica Awards, the only global creative prize judged by advertising trade journalists, closes tomorrow night (Friday 21 October). This year, a new Grand Prix and three new categories have been added, Russian participants banned – and there’s free entry for Ukrainian agencies.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ agencies Assignment Group, MediaCom, EightyOne and MBM worked with the Building & Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) to understand the barriers young people face to taking on an apprenticeship.

LONDON, Wednesday: New Zealand has scored five Statues – one Gold, two Silver and two Bronze – at the London International Awards (LIA). Three of the five (the Gold, Silver & Bronze) went to Special NZ’s seminal David’s Unusables.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The Out of Home Media Association Aotearoa reported today growth of 26% in Q3 YOY – $NZ32.2 million in media revenue, up from $25.5 million for the same period last year.

LONDON, Tuesday: Bestadsontv guest judge Toby Allen has named Special NZ’s Partners Life The Last Performance as the best tvc in the world last week. Allen is ECD of The&Partnership UK.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Dentsu International agency Merkle Aotearoa (formerly known as Davanti NZ) has unveiled how it will help clients achieve their net zero goals by using Salesforce Net Zero Cloud, a tool that enables businesses to track, manage, and analyse their data to give a clearer picture of their carbon emissions status and progress towards their net zero targets.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Healthcare provider Tend Health has appointed North Shore digital search agency Pure SEO to provide ongoing SEO support to help Tend’s website rank organically for relevant search terms, increasing visibility and expanding its user base.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Westhaven agency MetroEXP has designed Bellissimo, a new campaign focused on reach and driving awareness, for Anathoth Farm jams and pickles.