MELBOURNE, Monday: Clemenger Group New Zealand ceo Jim Gall is moving back to Australia to become ceo of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Group. Read More

AUCKLAND, Monday: Media Design School creative advertising programme director Kate Humphries writes: “Congratulations from everyone at MDS to Luke Ryan and Ash Reid for taking out the Google Student Axis this year,... Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association is bringing a UK-developed B2B workshop to NZ – led by NZ B2B exponent Matthew Masters, founder & CD of Auckland indie agency Badger Comms. Read More

WELLINGTON, Saturday: The King St Hamilton creatives who had the wit to develop a boring product into a cutting-edge billboard have been slapped down by the Advertising Standards Authority. Read More

AUCKLAND, Saturday: ICG Media – owner of marketing site Stop Press – has ceased production of the print edition of Idealog magazine. The title will now focus on its digital site. Read More

AUCKLAND, Saturday: Retired Coromandel dentist Neville Cameron writes (in the Weekend Herald): “Wendy Clark, in her interview (March 7) is totally disingenuous; the only reason she refused to consider a man is... Read More

AUCKLAND, Last night: 750 advertising and production company professionals packed the SkyCity Convention Centre to the brim, for the 2020 Axis Awards, emceed by commedian Tom Sainsbury. Read More

AUCKLAND, Last night: The winners of the eye-catching oOh!media Most Unmissable sideshow at Axis  were Karla Tarr (YoungShand), Rob Longuet-Higgins (BC&F Dentsu) and JP Twaalfhoven (Clemenger BBDO). Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: Mairangi Bay-based magazine publisher Adrenalin is changing down a gear – transforming one of its monthly magazine titles to a quarterly. Read More