A new marketing agency has opened for business in Auckland – called Casual Fridays, run by journalist Debbie Harrison and designer/marketer Cameron Harrison.

The One Show has released its finalists in Social Media, Mobile, UX/UI and Interactive – featuring seven campaigns from NZ.

Sydney-based Curious Film executive producer Peter Grasse – a very well-known character on this side of the Tasman – is set to make a much-anticipated talk at Cannes this year, according to a report in Australia’s Campaign Brief.

The Commission for Financial Capability and Saatchi & Saatchi NZ have unveiled a new Sorted website with the mouse heading off to a well-earned retirement.

Fast-growing Westhaven-based agency Chemistry Interaction has won a pitch for the newly launched helloworld travel business and will take charge of brand, strategy, digital and creative in New Zealand with immediate effect.

Robert Munro, previously GM at NewsWorks some years ago (and a past writer of an insightful monthly column about newspapers in AdMedia when the print magazine was run by M+AD ed David Gapes), has surfaced in a new role.

The world’s current No 1 rugby league team – the Kiwis – will wear BLK jerseys into next year’s World Cup campaign and beyond, after the NZRL renewed a four-year contract with the global sports apparel company.

Auckland-based cross-cultural communication agency Bananaworks is spreading the word about WeChat and Weibo via a MINI case study published on WeChat.

Foundation for Advertising Research director Glen Wiggs – the holder of the NZ Order of Merit for his work in setting up the NZ Advertising Standards Authority in 1990 – has prepared a detailed submission in response to an ASA consultation document on a review of the Children’s Code for Advertising Food and the Code for Advertising to Children.

New Zealander Todd Barberel – head of marketing at Rugby New Zealand – has been appointed a judge at New York City’s Clio Sports Awards.