The 6th annual Pool Collective awards – an Australian comp that rewards an emerging artist with $10,000 towards a photographic project – is expanding its call for entries to work from NZ.

The Marketing Association has issued its entry call for the 2015 TVNZ NZ Marketing Awards. winners. 

Spark PHD and Phantom Billstickers have helped DB launch its new Rekorderlig Cider (now with a hint of mint) campaign – via very cool posters that feature planter boxes full of fresh mint.

SparkPHD, NZME and ANZ collaborated to create this month’s winning Ad of the Month newspaper ad for ANZ. “It was a hugely topical ad that used the newspaper medium in a way that only newspapers could,” said the judges in a joint statement.

APN Outdoor and its party division Friends in High Places know how to throw a good party! Which is why CAANZ has invited them back – for the fourth time – to host the official afterparty for the 2015 CAANZ Beacon Awards, at Venue Studio, 340 Karangahape Rd.

Over this summer (yes there was a summer, and yes it’s probably over) Corona and its brand activation agency Spur brought to life the Corona brand proposition From Where You’d Rather Be in an experiential event at Piha – and in the process raised $25,000 (in profits) for the Piha Surf Life Saving Club.

The Public Relations Institute (PRINZ) has announced 21 finalists for its 41st annual industry awards from a record 68 entries. 

NZ agencies have submitted 44 entries to the 2015 Asian Marketing Effectiveness & Strategy Awards (better known as the AMES). Australian agencies came to the party with 72 entries.