AUCKLAND, Monday: “Dear M+AD,” writes  MSL NZ’s Isobel Kerr-Newell. “Thanks for the warm Saatchi and Toyota mentions. I just wanted to flag that in addition to the Golds and the Client of the Year title referenced for the Toyota Hilux work there were also the following major awards …

AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger Group has launched Proximity NZ, a new agency model “with a core purpose of finding the growth that’s hard to find for its clients”.

NEW YORK, Friday: D&AD has selected five NZ jurors that will help preside over the judging of the organisation’s 2021 awards programme.

AUCKLAND, Today: Dentsu has today announced “a simplification” of its business in New Zealand by bringing together several of the network’s capabilities under a single go-to-market brand proposition – dentsu.

By Natasha Galloway

AUCKLAND, Last night: To celebrate the incredible creative advertising work from over the last 12 months, 760 advertising and production company professionals came together at Shed 10 in Auckland.

USA, Today: New York Festivals has unveiled a quartet of Kiwi jurors – and six Australians – for the 2021 AME Awards.

SYDNEY, Thursday: After a pitch, HMD Global (aka Nokia) has appointed Adhesive AUNZ as PR, social, content & influencer agency in Australia & New Zealand.