2009 is drawing to a close. It has been an interesting one. Here at McGovern we have had a wonderfully stimulating year working work with some great clients in New Zealand arts and cultural organisations, both on their web platforms as well as their digital strategy in general. Further afield we are working with a number of clients in Australia, as well as laying down some really solid relationships in the UK with a view to new partnerships and opportunities in 2010.

Back home, we also extended our work in the social networking arena and were delighted to help bring some New Zealand mainstream media people to the small screen.

Finally we are also proud to have committed to another year of sponsorship with the Auckland Writers Festival and will be relaunching the Festival website in the early months of 2010.

As for 2010 and the year to come - for sure there will be challenges as we all pull ourselves back into the mainstream of growth - but, as we learned in 2009, the baseline to all of our success is the quality of relationships with client - partners - and co-producers.

We wish everyone a happy holiday - and look forward to picking up the baton again on the 18th January when the office fully reopens.