PARIS, Today: The 2021 Epica Awards – the only global creative comp judged by solely journalists – has updated its calendar and categories. The 2021 ceremony will take place on Thursday 9 December, with an earlybird entry period running from July 1 to September 1.

AUCKLAND, Today: A new climate-change ad campaign out of Stuff’s environmental action arm The Forever Project is being launched this morning. Hello Today sees two letters – one pleading, one thankful – set the stage for what our future world might look like.

AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s new fortnightly print and digital women’s magazine Woman is read by one in five Kiwi women, according to a new survey from publisher School Road.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Robyn Ramsey and Luke Roxburgh, who are currently interning under the insightful eyes of Regan Grafton at Stanley Street, sprinted up to accept their award in front of industry at last Thursday’s Axis Awards to make it the 5th year in a row that MDS has taken out the Google Axis Student Award.

LONDON, Monday: New Zealand has achieved Top 50 status at the UK’s Cresta Awards, joining the debut of Cresta’s elite list of high-performing global ad/design/comms agencies.

AUCKLAND, Monday: New indie design agency Blur the Lines has launched its first project for New Zealand’s famous Comvita honey brand.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Indie NZ news site Business Desk has published a thoughtful interview with Clemenger Group NZ ceo Strahan Wallis.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Newly appointed Special Group media director Briar Rowsell has been working with the Special team since November to establish a media planning group.

AUCKLAND, Monday: “Dear M+AD,” writes  MSL NZ’s Isobel Kerr-Newell. “Thanks for the warm Saatchi and Toyota mentions. I just wanted to flag that in addition to the Golds and the Client of the Year title referenced for the Toyota Hilux work there were also the following major awards …

AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger Group has launched Proximity NZ, a new agency model “with a core purpose of finding the growth that’s hard to find for its clients”.