It's the best possible early Christmas present ... let's get these plastic shopping bags outta here! https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/plastic-shopping-bags-phased-july?variant=tb_v_1

Are you still shopping for Christmas gifts? Noel Leeming has been fined $200,000 for misleading customers about their rights to get a repair or replacement when something goes wrong. Make sure you know your rights come Boxing Day - if something is faulty, or breaks, you're entitled to a remedy under the Consumer Guarantees Act.

A timely reminder to know what you're buying! Companies are pushing their own agenda so make sure you look after yours!

As fewer people watch ads in the traditional way, companies are finding other ways to get to us - cue social influencers ...

Turns out there is a science behind how New Zealand gets sold to the world as a tourist destination ... and there's a reason it doesn't involve unscripted comedians.

Here are the top three ads from the secondary division and Hadyn surprising the winner .. heartwarming telly.

Did you miss out on tickets to the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Watch our story from earlier this year to find out what's going on in the ticketing market...

Take a look at the top three ads from Primary/Intermediate schools .. Then Pippa gets to surprise the lucky winner of the Primary division .. this is must see telly for the arm farts alone!!

We got hundreds of ad award entries so outsourced the tough job of judging to some high flying New Zealanders.

We asked you to sell your patch of NZ and boy wee did you deliver! Thank you to all who took part. We got hundreds of entries - here's a wee wrap of some of them.