AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Research Association NZ has booked an imaginative Xmas party venue – one that’s bound to quicken up your synapses … the Stardome Observatory Planetarium in One Tree Hill Domain.

LONDON, Today: NZ has won 13 London International Awards, plus four finalist spots – with one Gold apiece going to DDB NZ and Colenso BBDO, and Silvers to DDB, Colenso, Assembly, and Sweetshop Auckland.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Indie creative agency YoungShand has produced The Crew Swap, a new campaign for the Blind Foundation with low-vision and blind clients taking the place of the regular crew behind the scenes of the Newshub 6pm news. 

AUCKLAND, Monday: Adhesive NZ has retained the Australia and New Zealand public relations account for Changi Airport Group, following a competitive pitch process. 

AUCKLAND, Today: Local adman and director of mediaR Tony Richards, and expat art director & illustrator Paul Marshall, have collaborated on an unusual cookbook – featuring recipe illustrations, rather than photographs.

AUCKLAND, Today: Comms Council industry support group First Five Rungs has launched its latest project; a video content series titled Yarns with… , a series of interviews with senior figures in the advertising & communications industry featuring quick-fire questions to bridge the gap between juniors and senior leaders. 

SINGAPORE, Friday: Programmatic creative management platform Bonzai’s ceo/co-founder Rahul Pandey has unveiled his top five digital advertising and marketing predictions for the year ahead – with a special focus on NZ.

PARIS, Friday: Recent events have once again shown that many journalists risk their lives to simply tell the world the truth. In the last 12 years, more than 1000 journalists have been killed for trying to cover certain events and inform the public.