The One Show over the weekend promoted four NZ agencies in its second wave of finalists – Ogilvy, Colenso BBDO, Resn and FCB.

TVNZ and its creative/production arm Blacksand today start rolling out a national campaign to “prepare the public of the dangers that lie ahead” when Survivor New Zealand premieres on 2 next month.

Lions Innovation, the specialist two-day event taking place as part of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, has appointed NZ-based strategist Jane Stanley as a member of the Creative Data Lions jury.

Bauer Media has completed its To Love network with the launch of new website Now To Love, which the publisher hopes will become New Zealand’s biggest site for women on all things lifestyle and entertainment.

Colenso BBDO is the only Kiwi shop to make the first wave of One Show finalists – released overnight – in Cross-Platform, Film, Direct Marketing, and Print & Outdoor.

Auckland direct-digital agency Chemistry Interaction has hired AUT Copywriter of the Year Marika Berney, turning her temporary placement into a full-time one.

Grey Lynn indie True and client Air New Zealand have taken out two of the biggest prizes at Australia’s Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards in Sydney.

After nearly a decade, Toby Talbot is returning to Saatchi & Saatchi NZ to partner Paul Wilson across the Auckland and Wellington offices in the newly created role of chief creative officer.

The NZ Parliament website, built by Auckland digital agency Terabyte to provide information and updates to the public on behalf of Parliament, has been nominated for an award in the internet’s premium global awards show, the Webbys.

Blogger Rebecca Caroe interviewed Big CD Joe Holden about the creative process involved in the Barfoot & Thompson’s World Masters Games sponsorship. “I was stunned by ingenuity of the imagery,” she wrote. “Here’s the poster [above] near my office, which prompted me to find out more about the context.”