WELLINGTON, Today: Te Aro-based creative agency Wrestler has helped bring to life a new VR project that lets users experience Whakatāne’s founding ancestral story, by virtually taking them on a journey to Aotearoa aboard one of the great voyaging waka.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: AUNZ drinks brand Frucor Suntory – with backing from creative retail agency 99, has engaged research company Sapien to study the beverage desires of New Zealanders aged 18-24 for the Pepsi Max brand.

AUCKLAND, Today: L’Oréal NZ has appointed independent agency Federation to its consumer products division, the umbrella group for the L’Oréal Paris, Garnier and Maybelline brands.

AUCKLAND, Today: Home & living magazine Haven, the latest new local glossy to emerge from School Road Publishing’s burgeoning portfolio, has gone on sale around the country.

WELLINGTON Today: Don’t show up for work this Monday … it’s a public holiday. Labour Day recognises ‘the eight-hour day’ – eight hours for work, eight for rest, and eight for recreation.

AUCKLAND, Today: Boyd PR has brought Oscar the rescue chopper to life on the pages of a new story book to help raise funds for the Northland Rescue Helicopter.