Auckland’s Media Design School, in association with TechWeek, is running a free one day event that demonstrates how emerging technologies are being used to inform and transform the practice of indigenous art and design in Aotearoa.

The NZ screen production industry directory is reminding film companies that the rollover deadline for the annual print edition of The Data Book is coming up in just a few weeks – on Wednesday 31 May.

A new, local monthly newspaper designed for the over-50s market will hit the streets of Christchurch and its outer regions this Monday 8 May.

Brand consultancy firm Y brand say they are proud to partner with New Zealand’s largest Mexican restaurant group, Mexicali Fresh, to launch a campaign celebrating cultural diversity.

A Chicago student team has won the New York Festivals Young Globals 2017 Award. “Sadly,” writes PR director Gayle Seminara Mandel, “there are no Kiwis. I am just sharing.”

By Nikki Quail, founder/MD at Fresh Focus: The subject of mobile in the path to purchase emerged as a common theme in the conversations Fresh Focus has been having while presenting the Adtech-funded report: Behind the Device.

M+AD readers looking for news on this failed NZME-Stuff merger should consult their daily newspaper or online newsfeeds for all the angles on this news.

Following Phantom Billstickers’ popular Poetry on Posters series, the most music-friendly ad medium in the country reckons it’s now time for New Zealand’s musicians to step into the spotlight.

As signalled a month back, Marketing Association ceo Gill Stewart has resigned after 18 months at the helm. Her temporary replacement is Tony Mitchell, who’ll keep the seat warm while the search for a permanent ceo continues.

The new Whittaker’s Toffee Milk Chocolate campaign – devised by Whittaker’s, in collaboration with Assignment Group and MBM – once again has taken inspiration from history, says assistant marketing manager Jasmine Currie.