Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei saw last week’s announcement from Apple as an opportunity to showcase their #HigherIntelligence and employ guerrilla marketing tactics both locally and globally – an opportunity quickly seized by Auckland agency Pead PR.

New Zealand’s top 100 brands have – for the first time – been added to Campaign Asia’s annual rollout of the region’s best-performing products.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Leading NZ Chinese digital marketing agency United Media Solution (UMS) has been appointed by New Zealand Avocado, to create and manage its digital marketing presence in China.

AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ arm of Spanish car brand Seat has appointed DDB as its creative agency. The appointment will see DDB leading all marketing communications as the brand looks to grow its presence in the NZ market.

PONSONBY, Today: A South Australia-themed cellar door event at Mr Tom’s bar on Ponsonby Rd – organised by Boyd PR Auckland – involved a full transformation of the bar into a Barossa Valley cellar door, and included cooking masterclasses with MasterChef judge Gary Mehigan, and plenty of social media and media coverage on the back of it.

SYDNEY, Friday: The New Zealand Herald won Daily News Brand of the Year at the 2018 News Media Awards, which combine the former Panpa Newspaper Awards and Australia’s Advertising & Marketing Awards.

Former DDB GAD Kevin Bowler – better known these days as the ceo of My Food Bag – was Friday inducted into the NZ Marketing Hall of Fame.

To coincide with Conservation Week, M Theory (the AR and VR arm of Auckland creative agency Method), working with NZ social enterprise Squawk Squad, has created an interactive VR experience aimed at getting rangatahi excited about saving New Zealand’s native birds.

SYDNEY, Friday: The FireFlies Antipodes is calling for riders for its third tour, taking place from Sunday 17 February to Saturday 23 February 2019. The ride covers approximately 1000km from Christchurch to Queenstown. Riders are dedicated to eliminating global blood cancers and leukaemia.