Deals, expansions and acquisitions across the industry.

Hard-working Dentsu staff are among the targets of a campaign for My Food Bag’s new ‘Made’ meal range, by Saatchi & Saatchi and Zenith, that pokes fun at people’s busy lives.

In June, news came that Curious Film had achieved a gender-balanced directorial roster which got us thinking, is it worthy of a headline? We sat down with managing director and executive producer Kate Roydhouse to talk about why the achievement is newsworthy, her hopes for the future and the importance of mentors, honesty and openness. Roydhouse is now a co-executive producer of Sweetshop New Zealand.

At Adobe’s 2019 Symposium in Sydney earlier this month, talk was on customer experiences and how marketing automation can help organisations deliver positive experiences at scale. One organisation doing this is Ansell, which has been partnered with Marketo, an Adobe Company since 2011. We talk to Mitchell Mackey, marketing director – transformation, about the organisation’s digital transformation and his advice for others.

Following Instagram rolling out a test that removes ‘like’ counts on posts, we go to the industry leaders to get their thoughts on the move from the perspective of users, influencers and advertisers.

The Greens have been forced into a swift apology and backdown on an attack ad they ran against the National Party leader Simon Bridges.

New Zealand Transport Agency’s latest campaign hopes to get Kiwis talking about drug driving in Aotearoa.

A round of applause to NZTA and Air New Zealand.

In the wake of New Zealand’s Women in Media (WiM) Group launching, we talk to its board about the idea behind the group and how it’s promoting diversity in the industry.

MediaWorks chief content officer Andrew Szusterman has announced his resignation from his role.

Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.

Instagram will test the removal of ‘likes’ from New Zealand-based users’ content from today.

Total digital revenue in New Zealand continues to climb, reaching $275.4 million in the first quarter of 2019, achieving 12.6 percent growth on the same quarter in 2018, following five consecutive quarters of double-digit growth.

A round of applause to Mercer KiwiSaver and Drive Go (NZTA and ACC).

Used car dealer 2 Cheap Cars has been fined $438,000 for its use of “warranty waiver” documents and marketing statements described as “deliberately misleading”.

Simon Moutter has just wrapped up a seven-year tenure at Spark, where the changes the company has gone through under his reign are nothing short of radical. From its name change (Telecom to Spark) and its operating model (traditional to agile), to its culture (publically called out to inclusive) and its structure (monopoly brand to many). Elly Strang sat down with Moutter had a candid chat about his journey to CEO and how one of his biggest lessons was he couldn’t solve a culture issue with process and strategy.

When Kiwibank went to market and asked for agencies to get involved with an ‘unpitched’ pitch process, some of the best agencies, one-man-shops and consultancies threw their hats into the ring. After a thorough process, Kiwibank has appointed 99 as its lead strategic and creative agency partner, responsible for all above the line brand and retail work.