AUCKLAND, Today: Grafton-based Swish Studios worked with foley artis Suren Unka on the introductory campaign for Lion-owned Christchurch brewery The Fermentist’s official launch of their Kiwi Pale Ale as NZ’s first carboNZero certified beer.

PARIS, Today: This remarkable DeepFake Donald Trump clip is actually a rather brilliant editing job. But (knowing Trump, as we do) it brings with it a ring of truth.

AUCKLAND, Monday: After just 21 months in business, Ponsonby-based ad tech/creative indie We Are Frank has partnered with global ad marketing platform Amobee. 

AUKLAND, Monday: Media Design School students and recent graduates received significant recognition at the Best Design Awards on Friday – for their designs that assist people with a disability travelling on public transport; the creation of an urban kauri forest experience during Conservation Week; and a design-led solution to attract volunteers to the Auckland Art Gallery.

WELLINGTON, Monday: The Dominion Post is joining forces with Breast Cancer Foundation NZ this week to raise awareness of the foundation’s annual street appeal on Friday and Saturday.

AUCKLAND, Friday: The NZ Design Institute has awarded three Black Pins – their highest honour – to master carver Clive Fugill, legendary brand designer Annie Dow and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.

AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has appointed Candice Robertson as head of communications – effectively, a new fulltime role (previously contracted out).

AUCKLAND, Friday: Renowned former Saatchi & Saatchi creative Tom Eslinger – a NZ CD at Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand (subsequently going on to become Saatcchi’s New York-based global CD – has announced the launch of UnLshd in New Zealand and Australia.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has pulled in a prominent NZ-based employment lawyer to help answer a question that has many scratching their heads – what to do when prominent employees leave.

SYDNEY, Friday: New Zealand’s media agency market looks set to sustain the current period of higher advertising demand at least until the end of CY2019, new Standard Media Index forecasts show.