AUCKLAND, Today: After a “rigorous” three-stage process, Z Energy has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand as its strategy and creative partner. The agency has refused to identify the incumbents (believed to be Assignment and Chemistry on creative, Mediacom on media and Heyday on digital).

AUCKLAND, Today: FCB Media has been rocked by the unexpected loss of the $10 million Westpac media account to Publicis Media after a pitching process that did not involve the incumbent.

AUCKLAND, Today: More than 3.7 million New Zealanders are listening to radio every week and almost 3.5 million of those listen to commercial radio stations, according to the latest data from GfK.

WELLINGTON, Wednesday: Klim Type Foundry has released a new typeface, the Epicene Collection. Klim director/chief type designer Kris Sowersby said: “We propose that all fonts are epicene [having characteristics of both sexes or no characteristics of either sex].”

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Mango has been appointed as the PR agency for the Child Psychology Service, a nationwide network of child psychologists and speech therapists for children. There was no pitch, and no incumbent.

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Run co-founder/CCO Raymond Otene McKay has been named as a finalist in Australia’s B&T Awards, Diversity Individual category.