SYDNEY, Wednesday: Australia has dumped the kangaroo, and chosen the yellow wattle as its new national logo – to the delight of comedy-loving Aussies, who believe it looks like the Coronavirus. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council is offering free 12-month membership to any individual made redundant from a member agency. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council had to overcome a series of offshore bureaucratic difficulties before finally posting a 2020 Effie entry link on its website (scroll down). Read More

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Newton-based Hustle & Bustle, which describes itself as a “PR/brand experience agency”, has been appointed as the agency partner for LVMH’s Moët Hennessy New Zealand. Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: Denizen magazine – one of the few classy glossy titles left in the wake of the Bauer desertion – has just released its first post-Covid issue, a remarkable 264-page read.“I... Read More

AUCKLAND, Today: The Effies open for entry tomorrow (scroll down for the links). “We almost didn’t have an Effie Awards programme this year,” emails the Comms Council’s Nathasha Galloway. Read More

NEW YORK, Monday: Two NZ creatives are among the 13 APAC creatives – themselves part of the global jury of 88 creatives from 25 countries announced for Next Creative Leaders competition, run... Read More