AUCKLAND, Today: The New York Times best-selling comms author Seth Godin is coming to New Zealand and Australia in May for a series of seminars.
Amen to that!
AUCKLAND, Today: Episode 49 of Love This Podcast launched this week – a bi-weekly Colenso series where CD Beth O’Brien and comms director Joe Carter interview the world’s creative leaders about creativity, culture, business and innovation.
Get Shorty

AMSTERDAM, Wednesday: An ultra-short advertisement of as little as two seconds is able to convey brand, product and message more effectively than the first few seconds of a regular 30-second online spot, according to new research.
Everything’s peachy
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: New Zealanders are enjoying fresh stone fruit on their daily commute, with bus stops in Auckland and Wellington transformed into orchards as part of a new oOh!media campaign with Countdown.
Limbering up
AUCKLAND, Today: Publicis Groupe NZ has just unveiled Publicis Liberté, a new flexible working approach for their NZ-based agencies – Digitas Affinity ID, Frontside, MBM, Saatchi & Saatchi, Starcom and Zenith.
In vino veritas
AUCKLAND, Today: Villa Maria has teamed up with US director Colin West and an American film crew to create a feature-length documentary that follows Kiwis in the making of a Villa Maria wines vintage.
Tribal rhythms
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Tribal Worldwide NZ has been appointed as lead social agency for Samsung NZ following a competitive pitch.
Out of hibernation
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: A familiar face to generations of Kiwis, biscuit-loving Cookie Bear, has undergone a modern transformation thanks to the team at True, and their new tvc campaign.
Future shock
AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association and The Radio Bureau are getting together to hold a free breakfast event with Australian radio futurologist James Cridland.