Three movies in which Transtasman commercials producer Curious Film played a significant role – Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Turbo Kid and Born to Dance – picked up seven prizes at the New Zealand Film Awards in Auckland earlier this week.

BREAKING NEWS: The NZ Commerce Commission has this morning declined the proposed merger of Vodafone NZ with Sky Network Television, drawing an immediate – but restrained – response from both parties.

With the preliminary round of judging completed at the end of last week, CAANZ have today released the finalists who will all compete to put a new Axis trophy in the cabinet. 

Some of New Zealand’s most expensive homes are located on its streets and clifftops. The 250,000 people who live there spend millions of dollars each day. However, crossing the Harbour Bridge means entering a zone where outdoor advertising is a rarity.

Hot on the heels of Colenso’s latest Gunn Report ranking as the #2 most creative agency in the world, the BBDO agency has taken out Campaign Brief Australia’s NZ Agency of the Year, for a record eighth time.

Colenso has turned its attention to a new billboard campaign for DB Breweries – promoting a bottle recycling device “to save NZ beaches”.

Yahoo Platforms NZ head of sales Arnaud Calonne writes for M+AD, about celebrating strong NZ content, and the important role distribution plays: During my time working in advertising sales in London and Paris, the industry was always full of praise for the Kiwis who had, and still have, a strong reputation for developing the best creative ideas and delivering award winning campaigns. The number awards won by New Zealand creative agencies at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is just one testimony to their lustre.

The call for entries for the Beacon Awards (in association with NZME) is … 4pm today – Wednesday 22 February. But – no worries – a 48-hour extension is available.

If last week’s sold-out #smcakl (Social Media Club Auckland) event was anything to go by, the trend of social influencer marketing shows no sign of slowing down for brands, marketers and digital strategists alike.