Colenso BBDO has won a pair of Silver Lions plus a Bronze Lion in the Promo & Activation category at the Cannes Lions Festival. DDB picked up a Bronze.

NZME’s Flava hiphop/R’n’B network has forged a partnership with Auckland Council’s Matariki Festival, which spans the 29 days of Matariki up to Sunday 19 July.

Bauer Media is to launch a brand extension – entitled Body & Beauty – for its biannual Simply You magazine.

New Zealand’s first Gold Lion in 2015 was announced overnight in Cannes – it went to Colenso BBDO for winning the Press category with its Breast Cancer Foundation Breast Cream, developed in conjunction with Skinfoods. NZ also scored four Bronze Lions in the Press category – three to Y&R and one to Colenso.

Former Whybin\TBWA NZ creatives Ryan Price and Cece Chu, now at Mr President, London, have won the 2015 Young Lions Health Award overnight in Cannes.

A further four shortlists – in Outdoor, Media, PR and Creative Effectiveness – have been announced overnight at the Cannes Lions Festival. On Day 2, Colenso BBDO again topped the shortlists leaderboard – but this time it was no whitewash, with FCB, DDB and Y&R all doing well.

NZME has parted company with Pagemakers Ltd who, since 2007, have handled sub-editing requirements on contract for the NZ Herald, and all NZME regional papers.

Whybin\TBWA and Nissan are celebrating the launch of the all-new Nissan NP300 Navara with an interactive game that brings to life the features of the 2015 Navara.

The Cannes Lions Festival has overnight unveiled the shortlists for four categories – Direct, Press, Promo & Activation, and Mobile. There’s NZ finalists in all four – in a combined list utterly dominated by Colenso BBDO. Entries from Y&R (four), DDB (two), Special Group (three) and FCB (two) also made a respectable showing.