SINGAPORE, Friday: NZ performed above its weight at the 2019 APAC Effie Awards, with DDB (#2) and Barnes Catmur Friends Dentsu (#3) both being named among the top three agencies in the region.

NEW YORK, Thursday: Three New Zealand agencies – FCB/Assembly and kickass Wellington/Amsterdam shop Resn have picked up three wins (two of them going to Resn) at the 23rd annual Webby Awards in the US.

LOS ANGELES, Thursday: The California-based Mobius Awards has broken new ground by adding a cannabis category to its 2019 creative competition, which opens on Thursday 25 April.

NEW YORK, Thursday: The 2019 New York Festivals’ Global Awards creative competition is now open for entries. The Globals are now in their 25th year, celebrating the best work in Healthcare & Wellness and Pharma (Rx) Advertising.

WAIKANAE, Today: Long-serving NZ rock & showbiz promoter Stewart Macpherson is looking for advertisers to support the UK production of American Idiot:The Musical by Green Day his company, Stetson, is bringing to Auckland in October.

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, Thursday: Two finals judges from New Zealand have been selected for the Ad Stars creative competition, to be held in August.

AUCKLAND, Today: Most advertising and media professions will be taking at least a partial day off to celebrate Anzac Day tomorrow (Thursday 25th). And, as usual, most of them still stay in contact via cell and email.

AUCKLAND, Today: In yesterday’s story about the management buyout of Bauer Media’s Autotrader, we quoted a Bauer spokesperson who claimed the title was NZ’s largest automotive-only classified website.

NEW YORK, Today: New Zealand has seven entries through to the shortlist at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards – Colenso BBDO has four, Y&R two, and DDB one.

NEW YORK, Wednesday: DDB NZ was ranked #5th effective agency in the world in 2019 by the Global Effie Effectiveness Index. Special Group ranked #3 most effective indie agency.