AUCKLAND, Today: Patient advocacy group Hep C Action Aotearoa created a street poster campaign to let people know about hepatitis C and its amazing new cure, Maviret. One of the many whose lives were literally saved by this campaign, contacted Hep C Action’s Hazel Heal.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Stanley St joint ECDs Lisa Fedyszyn and Jonathan McMahon have shocked the ad world by resigning “to pursue new opportunities”. CCO Regan Grafton has yet to reveal his plans for replacements.

AUCKLAND, Today: Tickets have officially sold out for tonight’s 12th annual Battle of the Ad Bands – this year a salute to Elton John and Queen, titled Bohemian Rocketman.

AUCKLAND, Today: The best headline of the week would have to be this gem from yesterday’s NZ Herald Sports section: “Shag’s pile goes under the hammer.”

HAMILTON, Today: Waikato public relations agency HMC has announced that it has become a social enterprise and is now donating 100% of its profits to charity.

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Audience technology platform Eyeota has expanded its offering in Oceania by partnering with New Zealand-based DOT Loves Data, a data company that joins the dots between data science, marketing, and business strategy to develop data analysis products. 

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Another NZ winner has surfaced from the Drum APAC Digital Awards in Singapore over the weekend. NZ’s Dentsu Redstar scored in the Video category for DB Export Extra Low Carb campaign.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Blind & Low Vision NZ (previously The Blind Foundation is spearheading an awareness campaign by creating the #AltTextForAll Movement.

SINGAPORE, Monday: NZ-owned custom programmatic trading desk Acquire NZ has won the Best Digital Advertising Team title – one of the six major categories – at the Drum Digital Awards in Singapore.