AUCKLAND, Today: Tickets have gone on sale for the 2021 NZ Radio Awards – a live event being held at Sky City Theatre on Thursday 10 June in Auckland.

AUCKLAND, Today: Augusto, Colenso BBDO, Pitchblack, Chemistry, Rainger & Rolfe, and FCB are among the 10 finalists announced for The Paper Planes 2021 creative competition, which rewards the best in NZ print advertising.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: A campaign for Corona that delivered 751,000 surf reports to Kiwi beachgoers over the summer is said to have broken new ground for advertisers keen to reach individually targeted audiences based on real time data.

AUCKLAND, Today: Who knew your Mum was a marketing expert?” asks Hunch’s Michael Goldthorpe. “As we head into Mother’s Day [this Sunday], we got to thinking about all that awesome advice that you hated at the time – and live by later.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Ponsonby indie YoungShand has promoted Emma Dalton to general manager after 3½ years with the agency.

AUCKLAND, Today: Whittaker’s marketing manager Jasmine Currie and design legend Karen Walker are headlining next month’s Marketing Association Brainy Breakfast (sponsored by Qrious).

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Creative software provider Streamtime and design platform teaching provider Design Assembly have launched a hybrid online course for agency owners.

NEW YORK, Today: FCB NZ seems likely to benefit from an AU NZ alignment of the strategic & creative accounts for the New Zealand launch of General Motors Specialty Vehicles.