O&M Auckland and Cirkus have shot an animated film to promote Church Road Winery’s vintage 2013 range of exclusive TOM wines.

Former Media Design School founder/ceo Frances Valintine, who ran the business (including the MDS AdSchool) for 14 years to 2013, has been named as one of the world’s top 50 innovators by Makers & Shakers of Education Technology Index in London.

Yahoo New Zealand has turned a blind eye on NZ shops, and appointed Sydney-based Red Agency to manage its communication and public relations activities (previously managed by Acumen Republic in NZ). The appointment is an extension of the existing, four-year partnership between Red Agency and Yahoo7 in Australia.

Whybin\TBWA and the arts & music fraternity have put their creative weight behind an art-chair auction for Bowel Cancer New Zealand.

The folks at iconic Kiwi production house Flying Fish – the people behind an astonishing stream of TVCs that mirror the path of NZ history over the past 30 years – are in celebration mode.

Clemenger BBDO Wellington has won the New Zealand Defence Force creative account from Saatchi & Saatchi.

Spikes Asia has appointed Auckland adman James Hurman of Previously Unavailable as Creative Effectiveness Jury president. This is the second Spikes jury role for Hurman (but his first as a president). The last time was in 2014, when he served on the Innovation jury.

M+AD – with help from readers – has tracked down the owner of Lucky Lucky Dumplings pop-up restaurant in K Rd, and the ad-agency connection is real … if a little tenuous.

MediaWorks has today announced it has concluded negotiations with Rachel Glucina for the purchase of her interest in the joint venture partnership of the Scout brand.