AUCKLAND, Today: 99 has appointed Matt Oak as head of design. Oak has two decades of design experience across a diverse range of disciplines including architecture, packaging, brand identity, and comms.
PHD spreads Magic feelgood message
AUCKLAND, Today: PHD has created a new campaign for MediaWorks oldies music network Magic, which aims to stimulate the emotional attachment between the feelgood music Magic plays and its audience.
Talking heads

AUCKLAND, Today: Smart headlines were scarce over the past week. But there were still one or two that caught the eye …
Feculant findings lead to FCB’s launch of kids fashion label
AUCKLAND, Friday: A new kids clothing brand caused a bit of stink when it was launched online during Fashion Week. Concerns and questions began when Fe-cal Kids went live, but it took some digging from local bloggers and the media to uncover the dirty secret – the fashion label’s colourful designs were created from magnified E.coli and the label was a front for Dettol’s Laundry Sanitiser.
Kiwi comedian to host big annual show

AUCKLAND, Sunday: Comedian Alice Snedden – herself a NZTV Awards-winner for Best Comedy Script – has been named to host the 2019 Huawei NZ Television Awards, to be held on Thursday 21 November at the Aotea Centre.
The Rock counts down
AUCKLAND, Today: The Rock has partnered with QMS to release a series of billboards across Auckland and Christchurch during the station’s annual music countdown, The Rock 1500.
Global eyes on Kiwi vape campaign

AUCKLAND, Saturday: The latest marketing campaign by the largest Kiwi-owned vaping company is attracting international attention.
Entries open

AUCKLAND, Today: The call for entries for the 2019 NZDM Awards – labelled this year as Results are Divine – went live this morning.
Nielsen magazine toplines

AUCKLAND, Today: Many NZ magazines recorded good increases in the latest Nielsen magazine & newspaper readership surveys. Some fell – but not by much.
Rock steady

AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s newspapers generally held steady in the latest Nielsen readership report.