AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Karangahape Road Business Association returns with new tourism campaign celebrating “real bad reviews”, via Motion Sickness.

CHRISTCHURCH, Friday: Digital printing company Ovato NZ has won the Magazine category at this year’s Pride In Print Awards for its “stunning” production of Nadia Autumn.

AUCKLAND, Today: Te Tohu o Matariki, the new logo for Matariki, is now appearing on Go Media’s digital screens across their digital network throughout Aotearoa this month as the historic first matauranga, Māori public holiday was observed on Friday.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Media Agency OMD is partnering with Google’s Performance Max to test machine-learning solutions.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Volkswagen New Zealand has appointed Mango Communications Aotearoa as its PR agency. This will see Mango provide media relations, experiential and ambassador management, in addition to expertise across the full gamut of marcomms.

BEIJING and NEW YORK, Monday: The One Club for Creativity has opened the call for entries for the One Asia Creative Awards 2022, and announced the show will now be included as part of the club’s Global Creative Rankings. Eligible countries include Australia and New Zealand.

AUCKLAND, Today: Augusto has launched a new campaign for Te Puia – NZ’s geothermal wonderland and home of the NZ Māori Arts & Crafts Institute – to celebrate the first publicly recognised Matariki and ensure its traditions are recognised. 

AUCKLAND, Friday: Radio NZ and TVNZ have become a merged entity called Aotearoa NZ Public Media, according to a report by Daniel Dunkley in online news service Business Desk.

LONDON, Today: Graphic designer Russell Hooton-Fox – of leading Māori-owned, independent creative agency Run – has been nominated for the Design Week Rising Star Award in the UK for 2022. The award recognises a design industry star who has been in the industry for up to three years.