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PRINZ has its own knowledge repository within the College of Fellows, a band of senior members with a proven expertise in public relations and communications management.

Judging awards is one of the functions where Fellows volunteer their time to make decisions about good practice with a touch of understanding of the special circumstances faced by award entrants.

Entitled Re-Imagining PR: How ideas-led PR can help business, the forum is presented by the CAANZ Marcomms Leadership Group (MLG), and will take place 21 March 2012, 1:30pm – 5:30pm, at the Rendezvous Grand Hotel, Auckland.

"Communication without borders", this the theme of the 7th World Public Relations Forum, which will be held on November 18-21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. The event will be hosted by the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) for members of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management.

Hotwire, the global integrated PR and communications agency, has rebranded its New Zealand operations from Creo, to Hotwire. The move follows Hotwire’s expansion into the US market last year, and its integration of leading Australian issues management firm CPR.

Award-winning Guardian environmental journalist Jonathan Watts will be in New Zealand in late March, early April talking about the environmental crisis behind China's economic miracle as detailed in his book When a Billion Chinese Jump (see http://www.whenabillionchinesejump.com).