SYDNEY, Today – Op-ed by Hootsuite ANZ managing director Heather Cook: Along with rugby, giving women the right to vote, and climbing Mount Everest, we can now add internet and social media use to the list of things that New Zealand leads the world in.

AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s top marketers will gather at the iMedia Brand Summit New Zealand in partnership with ANZA at the Taupo Hilton on 24-26 July (Wednesday-Friday).

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The annual Meat & Livestock Australia Lamb video ad is known for going viral and this year it didn’t disappoint, poking fun at Kiwis in general, and PM Jacinda Ardern in particular.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Following a competitive pitch, Tower Insurance has appointed Shine as its strategic & creative comms agency, partnering with MBM for media planning & services. The incumbent for both roles (media & creative) was Barnes Catmur & Friends Dentsu.

AUCKLAND, Today: Wellington agency EightyOne has appointed Chris Bleackley (ex-Saatchi) as its full-time executive creative director alongside the appointment of new team members and a new offer called Drive-thru.

LONDON, Monday: Manal Rostom, who founded Facebook group Surviving Hijab, has told the Wacl (Women in Advertising & Communications) conference that she had called out Nike for not featuring “any women that looked like us”.

AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger BBDO, DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi and VMLY&R are currently engaged in a pitch for arguably the most prestigious e-commerce advertising account in NZ, according to an article written by former Stop Press editor Damien Venuto on the NZ Herald’s premium content page.