SYDNEY, Tuesday: Sixty-four people work at Wunderman Thompson NZ – but not one of them is authorised to talk to media. All official agency business comes out of WPP AUNZ’s head office in Sydney, and the agency operates for all the world as if NZ was Australia’s 7th state.

AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s media industry has felt the full consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the economy in April, with reduced business confidence driving a 37.9% decline in adspend to $50.1 million.

AUCKLAND, Today: People around the world have been mugged by events in 2020. In these times of lockdown and distress, moments of beauty are more precious than ever.

BERN, SWITZERLAND, Monday: NZ PR Institute chair Fiona Cassidy has been elected to the executive committee of the Global Alliance for PR & Comms Management.

WELLINGTON, Friday: The Advertising Standards Authority fielded 1429 ‘enquiries’ in 2019, according to its latest annual report. The report outlines the self-regulatory action undertaken by the ASA on behalf of New Zealand advertisers, as regulator of all ads in all media.

AUCKLAND, Sunday: “We still need to become more digitally focussed – but that doesn’t mean we’re letting go of print,” Stuff ceo Sinead Boucher told Sunday Star-Times reporter Tony Wall when he asked her “what’s next?”.

WELLINGTON, Today: This week NZ enjoys its 7th public holiday in 2020 when we celebrate Queen’s Birthday Weekend.

AUCKLAND, Today: oOh!media has elevated Nick Vile, GM of its New Zealand operations, to the company’s executive leadership team as part of a realignment to promote greater cohesion and integration across the business.