The Conferenz Company has launched the third edition of its annual New Zealand Marketing Summit – an opportunity for marketers across all major industry sectors to examine issues, share insights and bench-mark best practice.

The Midas Awards – a global competition for financial advertising, and a member of the New York Festivals awards family – has issued its call for entries.

Ponsonby-based agency Trigger Marketing & Publicity has launched a poster and trailer campaign to advertise Transmission Films’ upcoming Richie McCaw movie, Chasing Great, shot by Augusto, and opening nationwide on Thursday 1 September.

Kiwi advertising veteran Mike O’Sullivan passed away on Monday (4 July), bringing an end to his fight against cancer. He is survived by his wife Melanie, four children and two grandchildren.

APN Outdoor has released the voting numbers for the charities competing in its 2016 creative competition, Pixel361° – won in impressive style by Rainger & Rolfe client the Child Cancer Foundation.

Nielsen NZ has responded to news that Nielsen US has updated its total audience metric to better reflect changes in TV viewing habits.

PHD has appointed Forsyth Thompson to the newly created role of Head of Performance. Forsyth, who joins the agency on 1 August, will take charge of leading integration and performance across both Search and Programmatic.