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.”

AUCKLAND, Thursday: The NZ Marketing has postponed the NZ Direct Marketing Awards for the second year, due to Covid. MA ceo John Miles said: “The awards will no longer run in its existing format in 2021/2022.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: In celebration of Te Wiki o te reo Māori next week, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei has teamed up with MediaWorks’ Mai FM for another collaborative campaign.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Fast-growing property developer Templeton Group has clammed up after appointing Republik to lead its brand strategy, creative development and all media planning and placement, effective immediately.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Following a brand refresh, T&G Global is rolling out the Jazz apple brand’s first global marketing push with an innovative campaign created with Lachlan McPherson & Friends.

AUCKLAND, Today: New research shows that Kiwis have turned to magazines during the pandemic, subscribing in greater numbers and spending longer with their favourite titles.

SYDNEY, Today: global ad technology company Quantcast has announced the launch of a new, free educational programme, the Quantcast Academy – open to all individuals and organisations, including students.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Omnicom’s Hearts & Science NZ has unveiled a strategic alignment with Red Bull in New Zealand. There was a pitch – the incumbent was Dentsu (but the change does not affect Red Bull’s creative agency, Special).

THE VATICAN, Today: After receiving the Papal blessing, the Nescafé official whispers, “Your Holiness, we have an offer for you. Nescafé is prepared to donate $100 million to the church if you change the Lord’s Prayer from ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ to ‘Give us this day our daily coffee.’