AUCKLAND, Today: Queenstown/Auckland-based PR agency Darkhorse has retained the New Zealand account for luxury Australian furniture brand King Living, after a pitch.

AUCKLAND, Today: Special Group has unveiled a new Investec Super Rugby campaign – one of the first jobs the agency has completed with Nimble, the production company it set up recently with Patrick McAteer.

AUCKLAND, Today: Sydney-based PR agency Sling & Stone has established an office in Auckland – and hired associate director Sian Church to run it.

CHRISTCHURCH, Today: South Island-based Harvey Cameron Group – a full-service agency known mainly for its creative work – has established a PR and engagement practice that sits within its suite of creative business solutions.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: WPP has launched the logo and website for its recently formed brand Wunderman Thompson – a creative, data and technology agency “built to inspire growth for clients, people and partners”.

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: NZ media agency MBM – an indie with offices in Wellington & Auckland – has been awarded the Q4 Performance Agency Attribution Award in Google’s Honours programme.

AUCKLAND, Today: Tomorrow (Wednesday 6 February) is Waitangi Day – a public holiday in New Zealand, meaning there will be no M+AD published until Thursday.

AUCKLAND, Today: OMD New Zealand has been awarded the Q4 Planning, Q4 Results and Agency of the Quarter Awards in Google’s YouTube Honours programme for 2018.

AUCKLAND, Today: Entries are now open for the 2019 New Zealand Radio Awards. “Please allow extra time this year to review the category and your entry as there are so many changes,” says chairman Jana Rangooni.