Auckland-based The Mail Room Comms informs us that the NZ Events Association Awards are now open for entry. NZEA chair Andrea Scotland said (in the TMC release) that the awards have seen “remarkable year-on-year growth”, creating an intensely competitive forum that promotes excellence within the events sector.

Colenso BBDO and its client Mars (Pedigree SelfieSTIX) have been added to the latest Cannes Lions Top 20 2018 rankings of awarded brands and agencies. 

Singapore-based creative ad tech firm Bonzai has partnered with global sell-side ad tech firm PubMatic to deliver high-impact rich media advertising via publishers in Australia and New Zealand.

M&C Saatchi Australian boss and former worldwide chairman Tom Dery fears an 89-lot housing development overlooking the Shotover River will degrade an iconic Kiwi landscape, according to reports in the Otago Daily Times and the NZ Herald.

New Zealand agencies won a Grand Prix, nine golds, 24 silvers and 12 bronzes at the Ad Stars Awards in Busan over the weekend. The prized Interactive Grand Prix (and multiple golds) went to Colenso BBDO for Pedigree SelfieSTIX.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading Australasian leading marketing content & comms group WPP AUNZ has today announced – via a Transtasman news release – its financial results for the half year ending 30 June 2018. 

Wellington-based publicist Amanda Vaisigano believes she has flipped the traditional agency model on its head – revolutionising the way Kiwi businesses receive public relations support and services.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: United Media Solution, NZ’s leading Chinese digital marketing agency, experienced a strong period of growth in the first half of 2018 off the back of the maturing trade market between New Zealand and China.

NZME’s profit is down by more than half as revenue fell in challenging market conditions, according to reports from Radio NZ and StopPress.