Last night – over beers, rosé and an espresso martini – the Golden Dawn in Ponsonby Road hosted a 40-strong contingent of Kiwi agency & business people travelling to Austin Texas for SXSW 2017. 

The CAANZ PR/Social Media/Experiential Committee has published part two of its series on future trends, in which prominent comms professionals try to give insights into what 2017 holds for the industry. 

OMD New Zealand made a significant contribution to the global tally that took OmnicomMedia Group agency OMD Worldwide to be named the world’s most creative media agency network by the Gunn Report for Media, maintaining its 11-wins unbeaten record since the report was launched.

In a New Zealand first, from today the country’s two largest beer producers will add nutrition information panels to the back of bottles, cans and packaging, helping consumers to be more informed about what they are drinking.

A team of top Australasian mobile advertising specialists has been signed to speak at the 2nd annual Modern Marketing Summit forum in Auckland on Thursday 6 April 6, from 8am-7pm. The venue is the Maritime Room at:Viaduct Harbour.

Cycling is the focus for Clemenger BBDO’s newest campaign for the NZ Transport Agency. Feel More, Ride More is the first stage of an ambitious three-year programme aiming to get 10 million more trips made by bike by 2019.

Downtown Auckland full service digital agency Union Digital has expanded its capability and global reach by joining forces with fellow WPP AUNZ digital agency, Melbourne-headquarted DT, the region’s largest creative technology group.

Sydney-based publisher Fairfax Media says its New Zealand unit’s revenue and earnings fell in the first half on the back of weakness in print advertising revenue, according to a report in NBR Online.

Three movies in which Transtasman commercials producer Curious Film played a significant role – Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Turbo Kid and Born to Dance – picked up seven prizes at the New Zealand Film Awards in Auckland earlier this week.

BREAKING NEWS: The NZ Commerce Commission has this morning declined the proposed merger of Vodafone NZ with Sky Network Television, drawing an immediate – but restrained – response from both parties.