AUCKLAND, Today: NZ-owned gobal plant-based remedies business Artemis has chosen Rainger and Rolfe as its agency partner to help bring to life a centuries-old brand story. There was no pitch and no incumbent – previously, comms were developed in-house.

AUCKLAND, Sunday: Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur’s take on redundancy: “Loyalty is an important value in friends, family, and dogs, but companies, like any artificial organisation, are naturally incapable of expressing loyalty.

AUCKLAND, Friday: OOH specialist Go Media is helping Te Taura Whiri/Māori Language Commission to continue with their award-winning campaign Māori Language Moment.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Two senior Colenso BBDO people are about to check out – chief creative officer Levi Slavin, and executive business director Ahmad Salim.

AUCKLAND, Friday: The latest Nielsen audience numbers show that, for the second survey in a row, more than 2.2 million Kiwis are reading the NZ Herald each week across print and digital.

AUCKLAND, Today: “It’s not all gloom,” says Lumo founder/ceo Phil Clemas, taking issue with some of the negative reports emerging from media sectors coping with the Covid effect on their numbers.

AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers is cheering the return to Level 2 outside Auckland. “This is pretty big news for us,” said Phantom sales & marketing director Rupert Fenton. “Auckland is doing the mahi at Level 4 to keep Covid contained, but that means our billstickers can return to their rounds in the rest of the country.”