A world-first virtual reality experience to help prospective university students choose their course of study has been developed by Auckland-based virtual and augmented reality specialists M Theory for Torrens University Australia.

Yahoo Platforms has selected Carat New Zealand senior digital manager Josh Reiri-Allen as the winner of its 2017 Digital Stars programme – picking up a trip to New York as a consequence. The judges also recognised two other Kiwis with Highly Commended citations.

The Comms Council’s Botab committee has named its judges for this Thursday’s (31 August) Battle of the Ad Bands.

Tomorrow (Friday 26 August) is Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day – their annual nationwide celebration of poetry and poets.

The Comms Council has extended the entry deadline for its Individual Marketer of the Year – a standalone award held in association with the Effies – to 4pm this Tuesday 29 August.

Legendary Kiwi rock’n’roll journalist/photographer Murray Cammick – founder and co-editor of seminal 1970/80s music monthly RipItUp – is exhibiting some of his historic photos at the Black Asterisk Gallery at 10 Ponsonby Rd.

Pead PR has added a tourism jewel to its business after winning a competitive pitch for Milford Sound and Queenstown premium tourism operator, Southern Discoveries. 

The New Zealand Herald and Newstalk ZB’s election coverage has been launched, with a co-branded marketing campaign encouraging New Zealanders to stay well-informed on the major political issues.

Peter Brown – founder of K Rd agency Roycroft Brown – has taken up the cudgels on behalf of the humble street poster ad. “The key is the two-second test,” he says in a Q+A in the latest issue of Phantom Billstickers’ Phan Mail: “Does it convey the message quickly and clearly?”