New York, NY: The New York Festivals 2019 AME Awards is now accepting entries. With recently appointed Gayle Mandel at the helm, the show launches this year with strategic updates including a consolidation and restructuring of current categories, new categories, and enhanced entry process guidelines making the submission process much more user-friendly.

The Comms Council advises that tickets are still available for tomorrow’s Building Diverse & Inclusive Agencies: Beyond the Buzzwords and into Best Practice breakfast event with speakers from BNZ, Air NZ, Clemenger Group NZ and Diversity Works NZ.

Auckland digital outdoor company Lumo has revamped its website, with expert help from long-time digital agency partners Hello Ltd (Gilda Kirkpatrick & James Pohill) and Lumo’s own in-house experts.

Auckland-based indie digital agency Chemistry successfully took its client helloworld Travel to the top at the TAANZ National Travel Industry Awards where they won Best Travel Agency Brand at Skycity Convention Centre. 

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei saw last week’s announcement from Apple as an opportunity to showcase their #HigherIntelligence and employ guerrilla marketing tactics both locally and globally – an opportunity quickly seized by Auckland agency Pead PR.

New Zealand’s top 100 brands have – for the first time – been added to Campaign Asia’s annual rollout of the region’s best-performing products.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Leading NZ Chinese digital marketing agency United Media Solution (UMS) has been appointed by New Zealand Avocado, to create and manage its digital marketing presence in China.

AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ arm of Spanish car brand Seat has appointed DDB as its creative agency. The appointment will see DDB leading all marketing communications as the brand looks to grow its presence in the NZ market.

PONSONBY, Today: A South Australia-themed cellar door event at Mr Tom’s bar on Ponsonby Rd – organised by Boyd PR Auckland – involved a full transformation of the bar into a Barossa Valley cellar door, and included cooking masterclasses with MasterChef judge Gary Mehigan, and plenty of social media and media coverage on the back of it.