Overall it was a markedly underwhelming year at the 2018 Cannes Lions for the Asia-Pacific region on the numbers, with a total of 174 awards this year—a 40% drop from the 2017’s... Read More

The Radio Bureau is bringing global radio advertising expert Ralph van Dijk to New Zealand for a free seminar in Auckland and Wellington to help their clients make the most out of... Read More

Waikato/BoP agency KingSt Advertising is enlisting humour to help New Zealanders get to the, er … bottom of a health issue for client Kiwi Crush. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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”. Read More

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... Read More

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... Read More