AUCKLAND, Today: FCB won Best in Show, and MBM Agency of the Year at the 2020 IAB NZ Digital Advertising Awards at The Wharf on Thursday night.

AUCKLAND, Today: Formist Editions has launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish Kris Sowersby’s upcoming new book: The Art of Letters – a visual feast of letterforms by one of the world’s leading type designers.

AUKLAND, Monday: NZME and Māori Television have launched a content partnership that will see journalism and content shared across each other’s major news platforms – The New Zealand Herald (NZME) and Te Ao Māori (Māori Television).

AUCKLAND, Monday: Creative agency/production house Augusto founder/director Michelle Walshe (Chasing Great, Short Poppies) and director Alan Bibby (Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Coldplay) are the creatives behind the new video released today for Kool from indie pop star Benee.

AUCKLAND, Today: Nation branding government agency New Zealand Story – with production expertise from the Many Minds creative agency legend Mike O’Sullivan – is launching its Ingenious Together campaign, an awareness initiative that targets international businesses, promoting the ingenuity and unconventional points of difference that help set New Zealanders apart on the global stage.

AUCKLAND, Today: One of New Zealand’s great magazines, North & South, is back on the shelves this week – with new independent ownership. The magazine, which has set the benchmark for investigative journalism in New Zealand since 1986, relaunches this week.

AUCKLAND, Today: MDS AdSchool is scheduled to hold its end-of-year show tomorrow (Tuesday) – Covid-19 permitting. AdSchool CD Kate Humphries said: “Free booze, snacks, and as-good-as-free-new-cheap talent, with the added attractions of a construction site next door and the pungent waft of a fish market. How could you refuse?