AUCKLAND, Friday: The Comms Council has issued the entry call for Axis 2019 – the call went live yesterday, and stays alive until Tuesday 22 January 2019 at 4pm.

TOKYO, Sunday: A dozen NZ entries have made it through to the shortlist stages of the 25th Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards – including DDB, Special, Colenso, Little Giant, UM (Christopher Colter), PHD (Simon Bird,) Carat, MediaCom, OMD, Eleven PR, and WiTH Collective.

AUCKLAND, Today: The multi-awarded creative team Matt Williams and Freddie Coltart have been appointed Creative Group Head roles at FCB. The pair will now have responsibility for VTNZ, Fire and Emergency New Zealand and a number of other exciting projects, along with leading creative teams. 

AUCKLAND, Today: DDB has retained the $38m Lotto account after a pitch against Colenso BBDO, FCB, Ogilvy, and Assignment, according to a report by Damien Venuto in today’s Herald Business (scroll down for the link).

WELLINGTON, Thursday: Winners in the 13th annual Plain English Awards were unveiled by Wellington Mayor Justin Lester in front of a full house of finalists from throughout New Zealand, gathered at the City Gallery Wellington.

AUCKLAND, Today: Another year, another run around the digital sun. Turns out, advertising and technology have merged and converged so much, the marketing playbook has had to be re-written – once again.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Podcasting is in its ascension. The medium is turning marketer’s heads the world over, with brands always looking for new ways to interact with their customers and infiltrate popular culture.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: A major restructure is under way at MediaWorks, with two of its radio stations – Radio Live and Magic – set to merge.