AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Grey Lynn-based indie media agency D3 has been appointed to manage the UP Education media account. The incumbent was MBM, which was also involved in the selection process.

NEW YORK, Today: NZ has scored 23 One Show finalist entries, with DDB leading the way with 12 (including four for Kiwirail Near Miss Memorials). Colenso BBDO and Special Group have four finalists each, and Clemenger BBDO has two.

LONDON, Today: Colenso BBDO’s Mars Pedigree SelfieSTIX has won NZ’s only metal at the 2020 WARC Awards – a Silver in the Effective Innovation category.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Val Morgan has announced the reactivation of its VMO Work network as many employees return to their offices following the easing of alert levels across New Zealand.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: FCB NZ’s Peter Vegas & Leisa Wall have been promoted to joint executive creative directors of the agency, following an impressive record of client success, and their promotion in February 2019 to creative directors.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has set a date for the Beacon Awards 2020 – this will be a virtual ceremony, conducted in full online on Wednesday 10 June.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading NZ OOH advertising company JCDecaux has secured a unique large-format digital location in Auckland’s CBD at Queen’s Rise, providing access to the area’s large volume of affluent pedestrian audiences who work and shop on one of the city’s most prestigious high streets.

NEW YORK, Today: New Zealand is ranked the 6th most creative country in APAC – ahead of Australia and Singapore, according to new data released overnight by the ADC 2020 Awards rankings.

AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s screen sector is set to take another leap forward with the opening next month of X3 Studios, the country’s newest large studio complex.