AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Sustainability is oOh!media NZ’s focus  this week as they help bring the release of the adidas Stan Smith shoe to life with a custom built, eco-friendly shelter.

AUCKLAND, Today: Mango Aotearoa is celebrating two new business appointments, following competitive pitches – Kiwi Property and Winstone Aggregates.

AUCKLAND, Today: Two Kiwis Kiwi have been selected by global creative awards comp Ad Stars as preliminary judges in 2021.

SINGAPORE, Today: Netherlands production company MediaMonks and Takapuna-based global consultancy MightyHive have hired Aucklander Tom Braybrook as their VP, head of growth, AUNZ.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Saatchi & Saatchi might still be the most famous name in New Zealand advertising pop culture, but it now languishes behind DDB, FCB, Colenso BBDO and Stanley St – a situation recently appointed ceo Mark Cochrane is working to restore, according to an in-depth Damien Venuto profile published in Anzac Day’s NZ Herald.

LONDON, Friday: In what WPP claims is “a first for the industry”, the ad giant has committed to reaching net zero in the emissions generated by the placement of advertising in the media for its clients.

AUCKLAND, Today: Anzac Day is a public holiday in New Zealand this Monday (26 April). As usual, there’ll be no emailed M+AD – but our website will still be active.

AUCKLAND, Today: Yesterday’s list of Webbys nominees and honorees – culled in haste on deadline from a complex web link – needs updating …