The NZ Marketing Association has begun advertising for a new-look board. “We’re looking for suitable candidates for the 2015/17 term,” says NZMA chair Debra Hall.

The last issue of M+AD Daily will be sent on Wednesday 17 December 2014. We’ll be back on Monday 12 January.

DDB & Steinlager have released a nailbiting new 4mins 47secs video that shows the entire duration of Kiwi freediver William Trubridge’s attempt to set a new record of 102m in the Bahamas. It climaxes in a shot-from-below scene at the moment Trubridge emerges from the gloom and touches the 102m marker, and then follows him on the ascent to 20m below the surface when he reached out for the support rope, effectively abandoning the attempt.

Auckland & Wellington-based digital agency Touchcast – now part of the Clemenger Group in NZ – has launched a Fly Buys experiential campaign, Fly Buys Parking, which aims to “surprise and delight” Fly Buys customers.

Everyone knows that when the temperature gauge hits a certain level, a cool cleansing ale is certainly a good reward. And thanks to their new Summer Ale campaign out of Speight’s and ZenithOptimedia, Aucklanders are now able to know exactly when that moment is through a clever live temperature solution and the APNO Digital Billboard network.

The NZME.’s New Zealand Herald website won Best News Site at Tuesday’s NetGuide awards, while NZME. shopping website Grabone was voted Best Overall Site of the Year, and Whale Oil was named Best Blog (for the second year running).

Parnell-based PR agency Haystac New Zealand – part of the Dentsu Aegis group – is celebrating five years of business in Auckland by adding five new clients to its roster – Energizer, Brown Brothers, Spaceworks, Gull Petroleum and Bigpipe.