AUCKLAND, Today: Aussie communications business Clear Hayes Consulting has launched in New Zealand, the first international office for the firm which specialises in marketing to marketers.
Motion Sickness delivers The Inter-Yeti
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Newton-based independent agency Motion Sickness has created a new chapter in the Department of Internal Affairs’ online safety campaign, featuring a digital storybook, The Inter-Yeti.
Aussies sign Stapleton for AWARD School jury

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Monkeys NZ CCO Damon Stapleton is one of a select group of 10 jurors who will decide the national winners of The Australasian Writers & Art Directors Association’s AWARD School.
Brands, It’s time to embrace The Creative Renaissance

By Kargo APAC GM Rob Leach*
SYDNEY, Today: Media buying is both an art and science. In today’s targeting-obsessed programmatic advertising environment, I’d wager that most media buyers would prioritise by price, audience, placement and creative in that order.
Cinema Paradiso

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Val Morgan Cinema has unveiled its latest campaign, Big Just Got Bigger, following the record-breaking run. MD Guy Burbidge said the company marketing team put the campaign together on-house.
The Warehouse & TBWA\ celebrate Tokyo Olympics
AUCKLAND, Today: As sponsors of the New Zealand Olympic Team to Tokyo, The Warehouse, with a little help from TBWA\, is encouraging Kiwis to start their own sporting journey with a new brand campaign called Start Here.
Pinnacle Tower Power
AUCKLAND, Today: Cordis Auckland has appointed marketing/activation agency MetroEXP as their new brand and activations partner after a competitive pitch (against Contagion).
Ready to make headlines?
PARIS, Today: The Epica Awards – the only global creative show judged entirely by professional journalists (including the M+AD team) has issued its 2021 call for entries.
Finance How? Finance Now
CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday: Strategy network has created a new campaign for Finance Now, the business it won earlier in a competitive pitch (incumbent unknown).
Government shy on detail
WELLINGTON, Tuesday: Oriental Bay-based Aro Digital has won three new clients – all government agencies (and the state refuses to identify the incumbents – or even if there were any). It’s not clear if there was a pitch.