NZ newspapers (and their digital editions) are tasting success at Australia’s 2017 NewsMediaWorks Advertising & Marketing Awards – with 12 entries selected for the finals.

Strategic public relations consultancy Botica Butler Raudon Partners is making a play for a greater share of the overall PR pie by acquiring consumer/sustainability/social consultancy Passion PR from founder Leanne Frisbie.

Campaign Asia-Pacific has issued its 2017 call for entries for its Agency Marketer Partnership Awards, now into its fourth year.

The Spikes Asia has issued its entry call for its upcoming three-day Festival of Creativity to be held at Suntec Singapore from Wednesday 17 September to Friday 29 September.

Barnes Catmur & Friends Dentsu’s TVC work for Heart Foundation NZ has won it a place in the shortlist for the WARC Brand Purpose Awards – a new, London-based competition honouring the effective use of emerging marketing disciplines.

Multi-national energy company Chevron has appointed Auckland brand agency Radiation to redesign its Havoline brand for global use.

Brand consistency in an omnichannel world is the discussion focus at Shoptalk – a retailer meetup that precedes the inaugural NZ E-Commerce 1 to 1 one-day event coming to the Maritime Room Auckland on Thursday 20 July.

MediaWorks has made a raft of new hires in its commercial division, introducing a virtual new wave of managers to its teams across Auckland.

The inaugural NZME New Zealand Women’s Leadership Symposium at the Langham Auckland next week on Wednesday (21 June) and Thursday (22 June) will be an unparalleled gathering of New Zealand’s best and brightest female talent, according to the Communications Council e-newsletter Pigeon Post.