LONDON, Today: The new book from a founder of top UK creative agency Lucky Generals, Andy Nairn – a world-leading brand strategist – is now available as a paperback in New Zealand ($35.80).

AUCKLAND, Today: Two Media Design School teams – Maria Masniak & Callum Batley and Bayleigh Way & James Greig – scored wins in the Non-Professional category at AdStars in Busan.

AUCKLAND, Today: Business site Scoop says New Zealanders are turning to local trustworthy news sources for information as they grapple with lockdown.

AUCKLAND, Today: Significant audiences for live-event television, continued rapid growth of OnDemand, and improved market conditions have contributed to a strong financial year for TVNZ.

AUCKLAND, Sunday: Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur’s take on the lies we tell to win a pitch: “As a creative director in advertising, a large part of my job was to judge what would make a successful campaign for a client,” he writes.

AUCKLAND, Monday: NZ Gardener magazine is celebrating 77 remarkable years by debuting (yesterday) a fresh new look in a “bumper” September issue. Ed Jo McCarroll says pagination for the issue has already increased by an extra 16 pages due to the strong advertiser demand.

WELLINGTON, Monday: Clemenger Group has launched a new parental leave policy, offering primary carers – regardless of gender – a leave entitlement of up to 20 weeks, paid at 100% of base salary.

AUCKLAND, Today: ASB has appointed The Monkeys and Accenture Interactive as its new agency of record with the bank signing on as the agency’s foundational client in New Zealand. dentsu was the incumbent.