AUCKLAND, Today: Is the handshake dead? Here’s a Business Section story from this morning’s Herald: “Forged in antiquity, the preferred office greeting of the corporate era has survived the peace-sign-as-hello 1960s; the deal-clinching high-five 1990s; and the bro hug of the past decade (a manly-man micro-Heimlich ascending all the way from the playing fields to the Obama White House).

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: NZ’s Special Group has launched its third office, in Melbourne, and hired Paige Prettyman into the newly created role of general manager, Melbourne. 

WELLINGTON, Wednesday: Designed by Klim Type Foundry’s Kris Sowersby – and unveiled globally this month – Signifier’s digital immateriality draws on a deeply material past.

AUCKLAND, Today: Newmarket-based Boyd PR is a finalist in three categories at the 2020 Sabre Awards Asia-Pacific for its work with mental health app Mentemia.

AUCKLAND, Today: JCDecaux NZ has introduced new environmentally friendly material for its billboards, describing the development “as part of our commitment to protect the environment through socially responsible, sustainable products and pollution prevention”.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ-owned publisher Parkside Media has acquired iconic magazine brands Home and Fashion Quarterly from failed German publisher Bauer.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: TVNZ is putting on its best brave face, with ceo Kevin Kenrick describing the financial year ending June as “quite extraordinary”.

NEW YORK, Tuesday: Special Group AUNZ is one of only three agencies in the world to be named a winner at the Global Effie: Multi Region competition for Tourism New Zealand’s Good Morning World.

AUCKLAND, Today: Isobar New Zealand has announced the appointment of Armic Esfahani Kasparian as director of experience design. She joins from IBM iX Auckland.