Paint it Black

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NEW YORK, Today: The One Club has launched ONE School, a free 16-week portfolio programme for young black creatives. The school will be run by Spotify CD Oriel Davis-Lyons, a New Zealander who started his career at Colenso and held creative positions at R/GA and Droga5 in New York.

Under the Influence

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AUCKLAND, Today: The Advertising Standards Authority has developed a guide to support “responsible advertising” – and the requirement for influencers to clearly identify advertising content to their audiences.

Jury Duty

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SYDNEY, Monday: The Australasian Writers & Art Directors Association (AWARD) has appointed Clemenger BBDO Wellington ECD Brigid Alkema to its 2020 AWARD School ‘super’ jury.

Four more

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CHRISTCHURCH, Today: Canterbury-based indie Harvey Cameron (offices in both the South and North Island) has made four people redundant.

Covid Nightmare

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AUCKLAND, Monday: A picture is emerging of a NZ ad & comms sector in serious trouble – with M+AD’s ongoing coverage of redundancies at our bigger agencies revealing only the tip of an iceberg.

Love Song

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AUCKLAND, Today: McDonald’s and DDB New Zealand have rewritten the iconic Kiwiburger song in a catchy new campaign which aims to celebrate what it means to be Kiwi today. 

Second that Emotion

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AUCKLAND, Sunday: “We all know people don’t make decisions rationally – there is plenty of scientific evidence to support this,” writes DDB CCO Damon Stapleton in a guest piece in today’s Herald on Sunday.

The Top 5

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AUCKLAND, Today: Last week’s headlines were dominated by the post-Covid redundancies at NZ network agencies, which were lower than many expected.

Redemption

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AUCKLAND, Friday: Bauer NZ – widely pilloried for gutting the NZ magazine sector – has partially redeemed itself by selling a chunk of its portfolio to Sydney-based private equity company Mercury Capital, and other buyers – all of whom intend to revive the magazines.