New Zealand independent music publisher Songbroker – founded by local legend Jan Hellriegel – launches its new export platform launches at Seafarers in Auckland on Wednesday 22 March to an audience including Minister of Commerce & Consumer Affairs Jacqui Dean.

The NZ Herald and owner NZME have scored nods in the International News Media Association’s finalist list for the Global Media Awards.

London: The Gunn Report has released Cases for Creativity 2016, a round-up of the 15 campaigns that have achieved the highest accolade in advertising by winning both a Cannes Gold Lion for creativity and a Gold Effie award for effectiveness. Cases for Creativity is an annual study by NZ adman James Hurman, who won both during his years as strategic planner at Colenso BBDO.

Former UK planner Johnnie Moore, who now travels the globe teaching techniques for creative meetings & engagements, is now bringing the show to New Zealand.

The announcement from Australia’s premium creative show AWARD of its 110 strong jury for the 38th AWARD Awards in Sydney in May immediately drew heat because just one female was appointed to the six-member panel of category chairs.

The NZ Film & Video Technicians Guild is changing its name to the Screen Industry Guild, following an endorsement from 89.3% of the 149 votes cast by a third of all NZ guild members in online poll.

For 10 days from Friday 21 April to Sunday 30 April, some 25,000 athletes from around the globe will descend upon Auckland to compete in the 2017 World Masters Games, and enjoy all Auckland has to offer. That’s a lot of people! Barfoot & Thompson is the presenting sponsor and is celebrating the event coming to the city in a campaign from Big Communications.