AUCKLAND, Monday: Special Group has won a pitch for health insurance company Partners Life – previously with Assignment and VMLY&R.
The penny has dropped
AUCKAND, Today: The February entry window is now open for Lumo’s quarterly digital outdoor creativity competition, the Pixel Awards.
Sharpshooter
AUCKLAND, Today: Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Cece Chu as a senior creative. She will be working across a number of the agency’s major creative accounts, with particular focus on Heineken, My Food Bag, The NZ Olympic Committee, and Toyota and Lexus.
High fidelity
AUCKLAND, Friday: The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that it’s appointed Saatchi & Saatchi to handle advertising around the two referenda that are part of this year’s General Election package – Cannabis and Euthanasia*.
Headliners
AUCKLAND, Today: Another quiet news day, so we’ve padded today’s edition with a few bon mots that caught our eye in the past week …
The write stuff
AUCKLAND, Today: Based on the best-selling novel by Simon Winchester about the birth of the Oxford English Dictionary, the movie The Professor and the Madman comes to NZ next month.
Aussie on a plate
SYDNEY, Thursday: A top Kiwi-born, Aussie-based chef is fronting Wellington’s new tourism campaign in Australia, which aims to lure travellers across the ditch for a weekend of food and wine.
Sunrise in the West Island
AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers have expanded their service to include Australia. We’ll let them tell the story in their own nicely crafted words (via their weekly Phan Mail newsletter) …
Saatchi wins cannabiz
AUCKLAND, Today: The Ministry of Justice has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi to deliver information about the euthanasia and recreational cannabis referenda for the ballot at the September 19 election.
Radio Awards open
AUCKLAND, Today: Entries for the 2020 NZ Radio Awards open on Monday. Entrants are required to register as a user (scroll down for the link).
