HAMILTON, Tuesday: Claudelands Arena, the leading events centre in the Waikato, will be known as Globox Arena from September this year.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Ponsonby agency Hearts & Science ceo Jane Stanley has picked up first place in the Vision Leader category at this year’s Women Leading Change Awards for building an agency during a global pandemic (Covid-19).

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, Today: Ad Stars is now inviting junior creatives to apply for its New Stars programme, and university students to apply for its Young Stars programme.

AUCKLAND, Monday: The Radio Bureau holds its Power of Audio conference (in conjunction with AUT University) on campus next week. This free event will mark the first presentation of TRB’s comprehensive neuro study into the effectiveness of radio advertising – In One Ear: Radio & Memory Encoding.

NEW YORK, Today: Saatchi & Saatchi NZ and MSL NZ are tied at No 1 in the One Show 2021 New Zealand Agency Creative Rankings, released overnight. DDB Aotearoa was #3, No 4 was Special Group, #5 (another tie) were Colenso BBDO and Motion Sickness. Saatchi CCO Steve Cochrane was named #5 CCO in APAC.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Lens Outdoor NZ has rolled out new site-testing technology for the out-of-home sector, in the shape of a portable Lens Rover, a device which counts traffic and audience numbers to show the potential of new digital sites.

AUCKLAND, Today: Entries will open in two days- on Wednesday 16 June – for the 2021 Effie Awards, held by the Comms Council in association with TVNZ.