NEW YORK, Thursday: Last night’s D&AD Impact Awards were a New Zealand-free zone – D&AD’s Amelia Walker confirmed to M+AD this morning that no NZ entries were among the winners.

AUCKLAND, Today: “I feel fortunate to be at an agency that offers a generous paid parental leave programme, phased return to work and flexible hours,” says Saatchi & Saatchi NZ head of PR & social (and mother to a one-year-old daughter) Isobel Kerr-Newell.

WELLINGTON, Wednesday: In an uncontested pitch, Willis St-based creative shop EightyOne has  won the account for NZ construction industry training outfit BCITO, and are now on the tools-creating phase 2 of the recent Tricky Chat campaign.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The best editors, cinematographers, composers, post-production technicians and designers were among those honoured tonight at the 2019 New Zealand Television Craft Awards, hosted by Screen Auckland.

CHRISTCHURCH, Today: NZ-owned OOH company Go Media advises that advertisers can now purchase the high-impact Traffic Side 5m x 2.2m landscape ad format on the Wellington Metlink bus fleet. The ad height occupies the full height of the bus, with the application going over the windows.

PARIS, Today: UNESCO’s global creative agency DDB Paris has crafted a worldwide campaign aimed at ending impunity for crimes against journalists. “When journalists seek truth, they too often find death,” said a DDB spokesperson.

NEW YORK, Today: New York Festivals International Advertising Awards has launched Mad For This Ad, a new initiative that aims to reward great work before it’s even entered.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: CBD-based PR company Wright Communications has launched a smartphone-based app it believes could replace conventional approaches to managing a crisis.

AUCKLAND, Today: Dentsu Aegis Network and the Movember Foundation have fired up a Happy Hour campaign – but it’s not about cheap drinks; it aims to build routine conversations between men and improving NZ’s mental health.

AUCKLAND, Today: The invitations are hand-lettered brown paper shopping bags. And the venue is recycled from last year. But the ideas are all brand spanking new and created by 100% biodegradable art directors and copywriters.