AUCKLAND, Today: Stitch, a new advertising & marketing technology consultancy agency, has opened its doors. Led by co-founders Adnan Khan & Simon Wedde, Stitch aims to help global and local businesses deliver better customer experiences by employing a combination of strategy, data, advertising and marketing technology.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has published a useful list of in-depth profiles of the jury team leaders who will guide the big decisions at Axis 2020 – plus detailed information about Axis dates.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association has assembled a high-powered panel of regulators and lawyers for its Marketing Law 2019 powwow in one month on Thursday 7 November (scroll down for times and venue).

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Fashion chain/creative company Huffer has partnered with the Mental Health Foundation and Kiwi musicians to support mental health awareness in a musical campaign by Ponsonby-based Reload & Smoke.

AUCKLAND, Today: There’s nobody at work this morning at all Publicis Groupe ANZ agencies in NZ & Australia – they’ve closed for the day in support of World Mental Health Day. In NZ, this includes Starcom, Digitas Affinity ID, MBM and Saatchi & Saatchi.

CHICAGO, Today: FCB Chicago associate CD Rodolfo Fernandes has named DDB NZ/Sweetshop’s Lemon & Paeroa Best Day Ever as the best television commercial in the world last week.

HAMILTON, Wednesday: Waikato full-service agency KingSt, who hosted a recent Peter Field presentation in Hamilton, says the event was “groundbreaking”.

AUCKLAND, Today: TVNZ’s production facility Blacksand, with Shout Media and agency partner Starcom, have created a trailer campaign (featuring Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit) to promote Season 2 of Wellington Paranormal, which returns to TVNZ 2 on Wednesday night (October 16).