This year’s Botab features a celebrity auction to raise funds for the event’s official charity, The NZ Music Foundation. Up for sale are some outrageously attractive offers, including a VIP package to Justin Timberlake, dinner at Euro (catered personally by owner Simon Gault) with five friends plus Dave Dobbyn & CAANZ chief Paul Head, and Neil Finn’s customised Maton guitar.

Freemans Bay independent agency Republik are cheerfully slapping themselves on the back after receiving an invite from the International Echo Awards to present the agency’s Fuji Xerox Wide War One campaign at this year’s awards show in San Diego on October 27.

A new campaign aimed at raising awareness of copyright issues around published articles in New Zealand print publications may deliver a shock to many management, marketing and PR representatives, according to the promoters of the campaign.

Email Direct Marketing ads and word-of-mouth are more influential than Facebook ads, according to a new Colmar Brunton mobile shopping survey.

Freemans Bay indie Contagion has won the Peugeot NZ business after a pitch. Peugeot had been set adrift in July when Republik – which had held the account for 10 years – resigned it after picking up Volvo.

Around 780 people rallied at the Langham Auckland last night – under the guiding hand of ever-affable emcee Te Radar (on his sixth consecutive year in the job) to see the TVNZ NZ Marketing Awards winners honoured.

New Zealand’s longest continuously published magazine, is celebrating its 70 years in print this month.