FCB NZ is 5th most effective agency in the world, according to the 2015 Effie Effectiveness Index, just released. Barnes Catmur & Friends, Colenso BBDO/Proximity, and Saatchi & Saatchi also featured.

Wellington’s Dominion Post – closely followed by the NZ Herald – is the daily newspaper that is the most “relentlessly critical” of the National Government, according to research conducted by blogger David Farrar, published in NBR.

In anticipation of the launch of the fifth season of the cult HBO TV series Game of Thrones, SKY’s premium entertainment channel SoHo – via DDB – is offering Kiwis the chance to pledge their allegiance to the Iron Throne of Westeros.

The final handshake between CAANZ and the person who will emcee next week’s Beacon Awards has yet to take place – but sponsorship & events manager Natasha Stichbury says she expects to reveal all in the next 48 hours (watch this space). 

After nearly five years broadcasting on Sky Channel 017, TVNZ Heartland will finish up in seven weeks – on Sunday 31 May.

Billboard/bus advertising company Go Media celebrated its first birthday last week on a floating nightclub out on the Hauraki Gulf. “It was one of the best local media vendor parties yet,” according to a Visitor from Hawkes Bay.

The Clio Awards has lured The One Club managing director Emily Isovitsch to the role of Clio executive director, replacing Nicole Purcell, who is now the president of Clio. Both big awards shows are based in New York City, and both celebrate advertising & design creativity.