SINGAPORE, Today: The Spikes Asia is putting to one side (for the moment) the coronavirus condundrum, and is forging ahead with the 2020 awards, due to be held at Marina Bay Sands on October 14-16.

MELBOURNE, Monday: Clemenger Group New Zealand ceo Jim Gall is moving back to Australia to become ceo of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Group.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Media Design School creative advertising programme director Kate Humphries writes: “Congratulations from everyone at MDS to Luke Ryan and Ash Reid for taking out the Google Student Axis this year, with a YouTube Lotto film, Look What You Can Skip.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association is bringing a UK-developed B2B workshop to NZ – led by NZ B2B exponent Matthew Masters, founder & CD of Auckland indie agency Badger Comms.

WELLINGTON, Saturday: The King St Hamilton creatives who had the wit to develop a boring product into a cutting-edge billboard have been slapped down by the Advertising Standards Authority.

AUCKLAND, Saturday: ICG Media – owner of marketing site Stop Press – has ceased production of the print edition of Idealog magazine. The title will now focus on its digital site.

AUCKLAND, Saturday: Retired Coromandel dentist Neville Cameron writes (in the Weekend Herald): “Wendy Clark, in her interview (March 7) is totally disingenuous; the only reason she refused to consider a man is feminist solidarity.

AUCKLAND, Last night: 750 advertising and production company professionals packed the SkyCity Convention Centre to the brim, for the 2020 Axis Awards, emceed by commedian Tom Sainsbury.

AUCKLAND, Last night: The winners of the eye-catching oOh!media Most Unmissable sideshow at Axis  were Karla Tarr (YoungShand), Rob Longuet-Higgins (BC&F Dentsu) and JP Twaalfhoven (Clemenger BBDO).