SINGAPORE, Wednesday: The Spikes Asia Creative Awards has issued its 2019 call for entries – this year with new categories, and other spruce-up changes.

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Seven entries from New Zealand are through to the shortlist stage of the internet Oscars – the Webby Awards. 

AUCKLAND, Today: 99’s AR-based egg hunt is back in store, and for the first time, players have the opportunity to take home New World’s Easter bunny mascot in the form of a limited-edition soft toy.

PARIS, Today: Advertising eavesdropping site Adforum has named DDB NZ’s latest tvc for Steinlager at No 1 in its weekly roundup of the top five tvcs in the world.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Motivated to do something to highlight and change New Zealand’s alarming suicide statistics, Auckland creative agency Augusto has tackled the issue head-on in two new film projects.

AUCKLAND, Today: DDB NZ has this morning announced the appointment of Gary Steele, formerly head of the creative department at TBWA Singapore, as executive creative director.

KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday: An ambitious plan to combine the operations of WPP agencies J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy in Malaysia under a one-company two-brands structure has failed.