LONDON, Friday: Colenso BBDO has picked up two Gold Awards for Spark Kupu at the 2019 Caples Awards – the Oscars of the DM world.

NEW YORK, Friday: Auckland production company Assembly won two Gold Pencils on the second night of 46th One Show – both for the NZ Ministry of Education’s Oat the Goat.

CANNES, Friday: Liquid Studios music & sound producer Tamara O’Neill and VMLY&R NZ chief creative officer Paul Nagy have been appointed in the first round of jury members for the 2019 festival.

AUCKLAND, Today: MDS AdSchool students Erica Mouter and Will Budget (now both at FCB) this week won a Silver Pencil from the One Show in New York for a Young Ones brief which called for ideas which would help Dove Care for Men support fathers to take paternity leave seriously.

AUCKLAND, Today: Tickers have gone on sale for the 2019 NZ Radio Awards at Sky City Theatre on Thursday 20 June – and at just $70 per seat (+ drinks & canapes) they’re a very good deal, compared to some awards shows around town.

WELLINGTON, Thursday: Clemenger BBDO creative JP Twaalfhoven is one of only five shortlisted throughout the world to be invited to pitch their Side Hustle competition entry live on stage at global creative festival D&AD.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: New Zealand’s media agency market has had a difficult start to the 2019 year with total national marketer adspend falling 5.2% from the same quarter last year as the market remains plagued by a lack of business confidence.

WELLINGTON, Thursday: Stuff Petone press operator Josh Crawford has been named the overall Apprentice of the Year at the PrintNZ Awards, held at Wellington’s TSB Arena last week.