AUCKLAND, Today: A power outage in Auckland led to a lengthy delay in posting yesterday’s M+AD Daily newsletter. 

AUCKLAND, Today: “Be very, very careful,” writes Daniel Street in online news outlet BueinessDesk. “Greenwashing – or falsely saying your products meet environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards – is under the microscope right now.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ yoghurt brand The Collective has teamed up with Special New Zealand on a new campaign that talks about itself “the way their customers do”.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: The dynamic and contextual nature of digital out of home is a significant contributing factor to the continued growth of the medium, according to the Out of Home Media Association of Aotearoa.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: FCB has created a new PAK’nSAVE campaign, featuring Stickman and his “real-world” pals.

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.