Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards – which includes the NZ Agency of the Year – has extended its deadline to this Friday 9 October.

Last year, Special Group and Paspaley Pearls created an award-winning campaign with acclaimed author Anna Funder (Australian Book of the Year, Miles Franklin Literary Award) and actress Teresa Palmer. Everything Precious was a “unique” multimedia and content collaboration that centred around a specially commissioned, original short story.

Fifty-eight per cent of respondents to a recent online Australian industry drug survey admitted to using cocaine, making it the No 1 drug of choice amongst Aussie Adlanders.

Following a successful exhibition in Chrischurch, the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year exhibition moves to Auckland for a month tomorrow (Saturday 3 October).

No golds for NZ at Clio in New York last night. But we did score three Silvers (two for Colenso; one for Saatchi & Saatchi), four Bronzes (FCB x 2, DDB and Y&R) and two Shortlisted (Colenso and Y&R).

This Monday (October 5), CAANZ and TVNZ will present Effies international judge Ali Bucknall of The Effectiveness Partnership UK who will share her trade secrets at the TVNZ Effectiveness Function.

The Auckland arm of Ogilvy & Mather’s shopper marketing & digital activation agency Geometry Global has scored well at the Promotional Marketing Association of Asia Dragons of Asia Awards in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night, taking home two Dragons plus the Best Campaigns by Country award.

The George whanau grew bigger with the launch this week into the mighty Manawatu of George FM on 104.2FM.