AUCKLAND, Yesterday: MC Paddy Gower dished out 16 Silvers, 12 Golds and one Grand Prix at the Comms Council’s 2nd Pressie Awards, held at the Sapphire Room in Ponsonby.

AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso client Spark is collaborating with the Auckland Pride Festival with a new initiative for Pride 2020, designed to help support rainbow communities bring creative events and projects to life during the 2020 Auckland festival.

MELBOURNE, Today: As the first markets in a global pilot for the BMW Group, MINI Australia and New Zealand have leveraged Australia’s Cartelux platform to enable MINI dealers in both countries to create and launch digital advertising campaigns in fewer than 60 seconds.

HONG KONG, Yesterday: A protest group calling itself Hong Kong Strike is urging the advertising industry and “related practitioners” in Hong Kong to go on strike for five days beginning this Monday (2 December).

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: PR consultancy Botica Butler Raudon Partners has appointed former motoring journalist Robert Barry to an account management role working across the transport, technology and aerospace sectors.

AUCKLAND, Today: Ad legend Paul Catmur – co-founder of Barnes Catmur & Friends Dentsu Auckland – is pleased with reactions to his Truth and Soul Incorporated podcast – now into its 6th episode.

AUCKLAND, Today: JCDecaux has launched a new state-of-the-art digital site at Auckland’s Motat – a 7.7m x 4.2m giant that completely transforms the existing static billboard site, ensuring that the eye-level signage offers easy impact as drivers pass through the busy intersection.

AUCKLAND, Today: Research Association NZ has issued an invite to its Xmas party – which is combined this year with a farewell RANZ ceo Rob Bree, who has departed after six years to join business performance improvement consultancy Prime Strategies Group.