AMSTERDAM, Today: VMLY&R has turned NZ’s single shortlisted work at the Epica Awards into Gold – taking out the Promotions & Incentives category with RIP Simon for Trade Me/Life Direct.

AUCKLAND, Today: Two omissions marred yesterday’s M+AD’s bulleting – an FCB/OneChoice credits list (including the agency’s in-house production company’s two new tvcs), and significant Kiwi missing from the shortlist of yesterday’s Campaign Asia Pacific Awards coverage.

AUCKLAND, Today Ponsonby-based independent media agency Sneakers has been appointed the media agency for AA Home, effective immediately.

AUCKLAND, Today: Mark Ritson’s polarising views and spirited presentation style have made him infamous in the marketing world, according to the blurb on the Comms Council’s latest event.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Face 2 Face podcast takes a look at how three iconic Kiwi companies changed brand perceptions. In the third part, we look at how the New Zealand Olympic Committee connected fans with its athletes.

SYDNEY, Friday: NZ is shining at the Australasian shortlist stage of Campaign Asia Pacific Awards – led by NZ Agency of the Year finalists DDB, Special Group, Colenso BBDO, and media shops Mediacom, OMD and PHD – plus DDB’s Nikki McKelvie & Michael Doolan.

AUCKLAND, Today: The MDS AdSchool holds its end-of-year show in just four days – on Tuesday 19 November, at Fukuko, 42 Tyler St in the CBD.

AUCKLAND, Today: Tickets have gone on sale for the 2019 Pressie Awards, which showcase achievements in PR, Experiential and Social Media throughout 2018 and 2019.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council is celebrating the Axis Awards’ 40th birthday with a reminder that the 2020 call for entries will be opening “soon”.