Barnes Catmur, Colenso, DDB take NZ to #3 on shortlist

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SINGAPORE, Today: Three prominent New Zealand agencies have collected a fine swag of shortlists at the 2019 APAC Effie Awards.

Barnes Catmur & Friends Dentsu is through with nine finalists, Colenso BBDO has seven, and DDB five.

India leads the overall shortlist with 34, followed by Australia (22) and NZ (21). 131 entries remaining hopeful in advance of the 25 April awards. 

Ogilvy dominates among agency networks with 31 finalists, followed by McCann Worldgroup with 22 and BBDO with 21.

The finalists represent 14 countries. India leads with 34 finalists, followed by Australia and New Zealand with 22 and 21, respectively. 

The other finalists are from Taiwan, China, India, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, and Malaysia.

Ogilvy dominates among agency networks with 31 finalists, followed by McCann Worldgroup with 22 and BBDO with 21. 

The finalists were selected after two rounds of judging by 70 judges from across the region, headed by awards chairman Charles Cadell, president of McCann Worldgroup APAC and eight heads of jury: Arthur Wei of Sina Corporation, Diana Cawley of Geometry, Emma Sheller of Standard Chartered, Fern Canning of Edelman, Jonathan Akwue of Publicis Groupe, Nikhil Tivary of Johnson & Johnson, Susie Wong of Fuji Xerox Singapore, and Vishnu Mohan of Havas.

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