AUCKLAND, Friday: Kea Kids News – a partnership of Stuff.co.nz and NZ On Air – has been commissioned for a 48-week series, and is calling on teachers, parents and whānau to nominate potential on-screen interviewers by email (scroll down for the link).

SINGAPORE, Thursday: BC&F Dentsu took out a Bronze at the Tangrams Effectiveness Awards, held today in conjunction with the Spikes Asia.

PARIS, Today: Two entries from NZ made the shortlists at the Gerety Creative Awards (named for Frances Gerety, the copywriter responsible for De Beers’ 1938 slogan A Diamond is Forever, still in use today).

AUCKLAND, Today: Fonterra is understood to be holding a pitch for a global agency partner, according to a Damien Venutto report in yesterday’s NZ Herald.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Parnell-based The Business Marketing Group has welcomed two new arrivals – Oliver Garside and Chloe Lim.

MT MAUNGANUI, Today: Creative agency Wave has formed a collaboration with Tauranga’s Youth Advisory Group and Mount Brewing Co to cook up a plan to increase youth engagement in the upcoming local body elections.

SINGAPORE, Today: “Dear Ed,” writes Kiwi ad identity Mark Pickering (formerly of Brand Spanking NZ, now creative strategist at Chimney APAC), “I know you’re always keen to hear how travelling Kiwis are doing in their new roles so Camilla Andersen (our Kiwi MD) and I thought you might like to hear how a couple of us are doing up here in Singapore.

SINGAPORE, Wednesday: New Zealand has at least 26 pieces of work – out of 149 entries – through to the first shortlists at the Spikes Asia (with several more categories to come). Colenso BBDO has five finalists, Saatchi & Saatchi five, DDB four, FCB four, Clemenger BBDO two, and Stanley St one.