Colenso BBDO picked up seven Golds, two Silvers and a Bronze overnight at the Spikes Asia Tangrams Effectiveness Awards (formerly known as the Asian Marketing Effectiveness and Strategy Award) in Singapore. Republik won a Silver.

Sticky plastic-hooks brand Velcro has taken to the airwaves of the world with a rather brilliant Don’t Say Velcro song-and-dance TVC that aims to protect its patent and reclaim its product from copycats and jokesters.

Comedian Thomas Sainsbury became a talking smoke alarm in the new campaign currently capturing eyes and minds for Fire & Emergency New Zealand, via FCB, to encourage Kiwis to check their alarms.

In response to the company’s growing presence in Asia and surrounding region, The Sweet Shop has opened a new lead office in Shanghai, expanding its footprint to a total of seven offices around the world.

Tickets to the Comms Council’s 2017 New Zealand Effie Awards show (held in association with TVNZ) have gone on sale globally today.

The latest edition of Phantom Billstickers’ e-newsletter continues its series of engaging conversations with key staffers. Last week, it featured the company’s stickup gang. This week the focus is on Phantom Auckland account manager Kasmira Sewpershad, who ponders the motives of those who steal the easily accessible artworks.

Filmmaker extraordinaire Peter Grasse, who kickstarted his career at Curious Films Auckland, has been signed as a speaker at the Spikes Asia, which gets underway in Singapore today.

Instagram today announced that it has 2 million-plus monthly active global advertisers, doubling its advertiser base in the last six months.