AUCKLAND, Today: Saatchi & Saatchi, with dentsu & Motion Sickness, will next week unveil a new creative platform for iconic Kiwi beer brand Export, named the The Beer for Here, which brings to life the notion that New Zealand is the ‘Greatest Beer Garden in the World’.

SINGAPORE, Thursday: New Zealand has won eight Gold Awards and four Spikes at the Spikes Asia Awards. Tribal Aotearoa won three Golds, DDB Aotearoa scored two Golds, and one apiece went to Saatchi & Saatchi, Special and TBWA\.

AUCKLAND, Today: An independent media buying agency is relaunching under a new name, according to a report by Daniel Dunkley in news site BusinessDesk.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: DDB, FCB, Saatchi & Saatchi, Special, YoungShand, VMLY&R, Assembly, Yarn, EightyOne, Colenso, Clemenger, Eight, Motion Sickness, TBWA\, Ruskin, Sweetshop, Franklin Rd, Finch, Fish, Flux, Film Construction, Good Oil, Blockhead, and Liquid are among the finalists named for Axis 2022. Scroll down for the full list.

AUCKLAND, Today: Omnicom data-driven media shop Hearts & Science has promoted Jane Stanley to ceo of Hearts & Science Australia & New Zealand. She was previously the ceo of Hearts & Science NZ.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: New Zealand crypto currency retailer Easy Crypto has appointed MBM as its agency of record for media and Google Marketing Platform servicing.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: dentsu Aotearoa and the Sir John Kirwan Foundation have launched Mitey – an innovative approach that enables primary and intermediate schools to deliver effective mental health education as part of everyday teaching.