AUCKLAND, Wedneday: Almost half a million people tuned in for the latest documentary in Newshub journalist Patrick Gower’s series, Patrick Gower: On P (made with support from NZ On Air).

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Integrated brand agency Culture&Theory has been awarded the Integria Healthcare business for Australia & New Zealand.

PARIS, Today: The Gerety Awards, the only creative prize to reward the best in advertising from the female vision, has two NZ agencies on its shortlist, released overnight in France.

HAMILTON, Tuesday: Claudelands Arena, the leading events centre in the Waikato, will be known as Globox Arena from September this year.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Ponsonby agency Hearts & Science ceo Jane Stanley has picked up first place in the Vision Leader category at this year’s Women Leading Change Awards for building an agency during a global pandemic (Covid-19).

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, Today: Ad Stars is now inviting junior creatives to apply for its New Stars programme, and university students to apply for its Young Stars programme.

AUCKLAND, Monday: The Radio Bureau holds its Power of Audio conference (in conjunction with AUT University) on campus next week. This free event will mark the first presentation of TRB’s comprehensive neuro study into the effectiveness of radio advertising – In One Ear: Radio & Memory Encoding.

NEW YORK, Today: Saatchi & Saatchi NZ and MSL NZ are tied at No 1 in the One Show 2021 New Zealand Agency Creative Rankings, released overnight. DDB Aotearoa was #3, No 4 was Special Group, #5 (another tie) were Colenso BBDO and Motion Sickness. Saatchi CCO Steve Cochrane was named #5 CCO in APAC.