AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger Group specialist agencies Raydar, 99 and Porter Novelli – together with Hearts & Science, Socialites Group (including The Social Club) – have been awarded the New Zealand business for multinational personal care company Kimberly Clark.

AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers marketing manager Ben Stonyer has left the company. Few details were available at press time, but Phantom managing partner Robin McDonnell confirmed the news.

AUCKLAND, Monday: New Zealand-based Lens Outdoor launched today with ambitious plans to revolutionise audience measurement in the out-of-home advertising sector “both here and abroad” with “the most sophisticated platform in the industry”.

LONDON. Monday: DDB CCO Damon Stapleton, Colenso BBDO ECD Dan Wright and Kiwi expat Malcolm Poynton (London-based global CCO at Cheil Worldwide London) have been named among the top 100 on Creativepool UK’s global Influencers list.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZME and Are Media (formerly Bauer Media) have teamed up in a new content-share deal, allowing NZ Herald Premium subscribers access to The Listener editorial.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Investment guru Forsyth Barr has appointed downtown indie shop Together as its new media agency, covering strategy, data, marketing tech and media planning & buying.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Colenso BBDO has created a Support Local print, outdoor & social campaign for Monteith’s latest brew – Wayfarer Pilsner.

SYDNEY, Friday: The NZ media industry has continued its recovery from the depths of the Covid-induced market declines, with media agency bookings for August back 18.1% and early September figures suggesting an even smaller fall in that month, according to global ad expenditure analyst Standard Media Index.

SYDNEY, Friday: Special scored the big numbers at the B&T Awards across the Ditch last week, but the AUNZ agency was by no means the only Kiwi player at the show.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: DDB Group Aotearoa ceo Justin Mowday writes: “It is with great sadness that DDB Group Aotearoa announces the sudden and tragic passing of Marcel de Ruiter, who has worked with the agency for more than 13 years.