For the next four weeks New Zealanders have the opportunity to stand with their fellow Kiwis to push down the price of their electricity bill in what will be the country’s first ever residential bulk electricity tender, dubbed NZ’s Big Winter Switch.

Award-winning Kiwi songwriter/recording Artist Greg Johnson has launched his new soundtrack production company Tropical Noise, in Santa Monica California – where he has been based since 2002. He continues to foster his long relationship to the music/TVC business in NZ.

Ogilvy and Clemenger are the first NZ agencies on to the scoreboard on Day 1 at D&AD 2017 in London.

Like most media throughout Australia & New Zealand, M+AD will observe the unique, non-commercial nature of Anzac Day – and will not be published tomorrow.

Colenso BBDO, seemingly unstoppable in the 2017 global awards challenges, won the Grand Effie and a swag of Golds for the DB Brewtroleum campaign at the APAC Effie Awards held over the weekend in Singapore.

Sydney-based social media platform Gather Online grew its user base faster than Snapchat and has now reached 96% of its equity crowd funding campaign via Seedrs and NZ based Equitise, said marketing director Danielle Olivier during a visit to Gather’s Auckland office.

Sydney-based mobile engagement company Big Mobile has forged a partnership with New York-based global location-based marketing technology company xAd Inc to bring xAd’s cutting-edge, location technology to Australia and New Zealand.