Former Clemenger BBDO Wellington creatives Mark Forgan and Jamie Standen couldn’t speak a word of French when they landed at Rosepark Paris in 2006.

Sir David Attenborough has backed a new ad industry wildlife funding initiative which will see partners contribute 0.5% of their media spend for each advertisement they use featuring an animal.

Ogilvy was first out of the blocks at the weekend to welcome the new Prime Miniature, Neve  with a full-page ad in the Herald, on behalf of client Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies.

New Zealand’s latest Cannes Lions ranking – based on data supplied before Colenso NZ picked up their 2nd Gold on the final day – was 9th with 26 Lions.

Colenso BBDO has won a second Gold for Pedigree in Cannes on the last day of Cannes – this one for The Child Replacement Programme in the Creative Effectiveness Lions.

FCB NZ is declining to put a number on the redundancies suffered under the catastrophic loss of VW to DDB and Paper Plus to Contagion. The rumour machine reckons 27 people have been laid off.

Six mates, 46 years since they’d last seen each other, one incredible reunion: The new campaign tells the story of six friends who formed a band called Tramp back in the seventies, split up, and remained apart for two and a half decades.

Again, Silvers and Bronzes galore overnight – but not a hint of yellow for New Zealand agencies or advertisers at the Cannes Lions overnight.

CANNES, June 22: The only global creative prize judged by journalists kicked off its 32nd season with a new advertising campaign, new prizes and a highly respected jury president.

LONDON, June 21: NZ agencies FCB and 99 played key roles in helping New World to its Gold at the latest Loyalty Magazine Awards in the UK.