AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association has issued its call for entries for the 2019 NZ Direct Marketing Awards.

AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO CCO Nick Worthington will speak about his private after-hours passion, The Tuesday Project, as the Moonlight show returns for Auckland Artweek. On stage with Worthington will be the Project’s latest project – a restored vintage motorcycle.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Vodafone media business is not moving in NZ – despite a global shift of the account from incumbent WPP Wavemaker to DAN/Carat. The NZ end of the Voda media business remains securely in the hands of GroupM/WPP NZ.

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The print edition of Australia’s Marketing magazine is no more, with the publication conceding it is no longer financially sustainable.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Total digital advertising revenue in New Zealand continues to climb, reaching $563.2 million in the first half of 2019, achieving 12.7% growth on the same half in 2018, following seven consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.

AUCKLAND, Today: Surely one of the great newspaper headlines of all time? M+AD’s been saving this one for a rainy day. That day has finally arrived!

PARIS, Today: French/USA-based site Adforum has named DDB & Sweetshop’s latest tvc for Vodafone NZ 5G (Huxley – previewed in M+AD yesterday) as the 4th-best TV ad in the world last week.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Tribal Worldwide NZ – launched earlier this month as a dedicated digital agency within the DDB Group – has appointed Danica Paki as business lead. Most recently she held the position of head of client services at Isobar NZ, following roles at Young&Shand and Satellite Media.

AUCKLAND, Today: Agencies are beginning to seek their rightful share of the credit from last week’s NZ Marketing Awards. First to put up their hand is BC&F Dentsu whicch saw three of its clients awarded.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Social Partners, a division of K Rd-based PR agency 818 which specialises in the entertainment sector, has sealed a deal with NZ artists’ agency Gail Cowan Management to represent its stable of talent in the social media space.