AUCKLAND, Today: Leveraging the insight that many Aucklanders tried cycling in their neighbourhoods for the first time during lockdown last year, Auckland Transport and Federation successfully launched a summer cycling campaign to actively encourage regular, more purposeful short commutes to the shops, Saturday sports, and even trips to the beach.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: DHL Express, with Kingsland indie Darkhorse, has launched a campaign to promote its additional dedicated trans-Tasman aircraft, which directly connects Auckland and Christchurch to Melbourne.

AUCKLAND, Today: As a long standing partner and supporter of Youthline, oOh!media has signed up the oOh! team for Walk the Talk and challenged their own clients to get on board.

AUCKLAND, Today: Long-established Kiwi promoter Stewart Macpherson (who operates under the moniker Stetson Productions) is offering agency clients a piece of the action in his latest project – an exhibition of high-quality reproductions of the frescoes of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Interpublic Group has sold a majority of its stake in Australian creative agency 303 MullenLowe and a minority of its stake in sister media agency Mediahub.

LONDON, Tuesday: OMD New Zealand won three golds at the annual Festival of Media Global Awards. OMD NZ ceo Nigel Douglas said: “OMD was the only agency represented from New Zealand and this is the second year in a row Fuse OMD NZ has been names Best Social Media Agency in the world.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Val Morgan Cinema was quick to exploit today’s remarkable post-Covid recovery report (see accompanying story NZ ad & media demand soars), pointing out it’s been the best-performing media channel.