AUCKLAND, Today: Off the back of a $5m Series A funding round, K Rd software business Mooven (which specialises in traffic management technology) has appointed integrated brand agency Culture&Theory to help drive growth as they aim to expand globally.

AUCKLAND, Today: Innovate Access NZ has appointed Freemans Bay indie Republik to manage its Mr Rental business. Republik will be leading brand strategy, creative and all media planning & placement, effective 1 July.

AUCKLAND, Today: A comms glitch threw a spanner into the works in yesterday’s story about Villa Maria’s label redesign, leading M+AD to wrongfully conclude VM’s agency Contagion was “sidelined” in the creative process.

AUCKLAND, Tueday: Indie shop Motion Sickness has created a new campaign, Be Our Guest, for the Karangahape Road Business Association, taking a poke at the tourism industry’s tired clichés.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Barker’s of Geraldine have chosen Westhaven-based indie MetroEXP to be its new brand and outsourced marketing partner.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Villa Maria is unveiling a new look for its entire wine portfolio this month, beginning with the Private Bin range, which has gained popularity worldwide.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ lifestyle & performance clothing company Icebreaker has formed a trans-Tasman “strategic alignment” with Ponsonby-based Omnicom agency Hearts & Science.