Women’s Refuge have partnered with Saatchi & Saatchi and some of New Zealand’s leading organisations to create The Shielded Site – a place where people who experience family violence can feel safe to seek help without alerting abusers that may be monitoring their online movements.

Interactive Advertising* continues to grow with the latest IAB/PwC Online Advertising Report noting that the sector generated a record $225.54m in Q3, 2016 – a 12.99% increase year-on-year.

Colenso BBDO took out the 2016 New Zealand Agency of the Year prize at the Campaign Asia Pacific Australia/NZ Awards show held in Singapore overnight. DDB won the Silver, and FCB the Bronze. The NZ Media Agency of the Year is OMD, and DDB was named the NZ Digital Agency of the Year.

CAANZ has issued the entry call for the 2017 Beacon Awards (formerly the NZ Media Awards). A date has yet to be set for the awards show, but it’s likely to be mid-April in Auckland.

London-based digital creative agency Phantom – now in expansion mode – has set its sights on opening an office in Auckland in 2017.

DB Breweries has announced the appointment of Saatchi & Saatchi as the lead creative agency on Orchard Thieves cider, following a creative pitch process. The pitch was led by Saatchi & Saatchi in Auckland, with support from their Sydney agency.

D&AD has named four creatives from New Zealand to sit on the juries for the 2017 awards. The Kiwis include Colenso’s Nick Worthington, who was already earlier named as foreman of the Creativity for Good jury.

Mid-town Auckland agency Federation has launched a campaign promoting Auckland’s new cycleway infrastructure for Auckland Transport. I Love My Ride follows Federation’s successful It’s All Go campaign for the same client.

The Australasian arm of global digital media provider Exponential Interactive – part of the Exponential group – has released a new Face Filter functionality as a part of their proprietary video advertising offering (VDX).