AUT Business School’s annual media-meets-tech event, ad:tech 2018, has signed Californian futurist Dr Jeff Cole for this year’s keynote speech in Auckland at AUT on Thursday 15 November.

Adshel remains trading business as usual, says GM Nick Vile, who has confirmed that HT&E has entered into a binding agreement to sell Adshel to oOh!media.

Philip Morris International has announced a call to action for the creative, media and communications communities to embrace its “ongoing commitment to creating a smoke-free world”.

Saatchi & Saatchi has been appointed as the agency of record for the Ministry of Justice’s Anti-Money Laundering initiative, following a competitive pitch. Saatchi will work with sister agency Starcom, which won the media component of the pitch. 

It’s rare that any NZ agency wins a single Gold Lion in Cannes – let alone a pair. But that signal honour befell Colenso BBDO in Cannes last week. So we are pleased to record this belated quote from chief creative officer Levi Slavin.

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.