CAANZ has unveiled its two international judges for this year’s Axis Awards. Chuck Rachford (from the US) and Australian Nancy Hartley will work alongside the team of six NZ based jury presidents in the lead-up to show night at the Viaduct Events Centre on Thursday 16 March.

Sydney-based Bega Cheese has acquired Mondelez International’s Australia & New Zealand grocery and cheese business, regaining Australian ownership of Vegemite after 90 years.

Dentsu Aegis Network has announced the expansion of its global media investment arm Amplif into the New Zealand market.

Clemenger Group’s Auckland digital agency justONE has developed New Zealand’s first virtual fishing competition for building supplies specialist ITM.

oOh!media, has added four shopping centres to its New Zealand portfolio with the signing of an exclusive agreement with property giant AMP Capital Shopping Centres. 

Colenso BBDO, which has just been announced as a finalist in the One Show’s Q3 shortlist, is the only NZ shop to make it through.

Video is transforming social media marketing and turning social platforms into broadcast media, according to global ad/media site Warc.

Xero – a key client of Sugar & Partners Advertising Auckland – has been forced to defend the appointment of the company’s New York-based chairman to a key role in the new Trump administration, according to NBR Online journalist Karyn Scherer.

Ponsonby digital agency Method Studios was the only NZ winner at the international Vega Awards, walking away with five awards – including two Golds. All five of the Method entries came 1st or 2nd.