AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand arm of WPP’s GroupM media agency has created a ceo role in this country, and promoted former Wavemaker MD and GroupM COO Chris Riley into the role. Read More

CHICAGO, Today: TimeZoneOne (TZO), a global creative communications agency founded in Christchurch, has been awarded top honours at the 60th annual Publicity Club Chicago Golden Trumpet Awards. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: To celebrate the release of five new premium ice-cream flavours into supermarkets nationwide, Sugar & Partners, Social Sugar and New Zealand Natural have launched an integrated outdoor, digital and social... Read More

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Its high-noon in the Wild West as Texas Chicken and KFC go head-to-head in a contest for the custom of fried chicken connoisseurs on Auckland's Lincoln Road. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: Stickybeak, an NZ online platform designed to replace traditional public opinion & quantitative research, was launched yesterday to agencies, marketers, and communication leaders. Read More

AUCKLAND, Monday: Restaurant Brands has appointed PHD Group PR agency Drum as its new corporate comms agency. The incumbent was Sherson Willis Auckland. The split was amicable and there was no pitch. Read More