Campaigns
Heineken Silver serves up summer with Parnell lawn bar
Heineken Silver has opened the gates to Club Silver, an open air lawn bar at the Parnell Lawn Tennis Club, running until January 31
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News
Industry farewells Colenso co-founder Hylton Mackley
Former Clemenger Group chairman Robert Morgan pays tribute to Colenso co-founder Hylton Mackley AM, who died on January 7, 2026.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review: Louisa Kraitzick
Louisa Kraitzick is leading Pead’s Houston Issues Management division, helping businesses be better prepared to face potential crises.
News
HMC’s five key PR trends for 2026
Kiwi PR agency HMC has predicted the five major trends that will define how organisations communicate and manage reputation this year.
Campaigns
Mid-Canterbury encourages visitors with new summer campaign
Experience Mid Canterbury has launched its 2025/2026 summer campaign, aiming to show the region as an undiscovered destination in Aotearoa.
Movings & Shakings
John Campbell returns to RNZ
Journalist and presenter John Campbell will return to RNZ this year as the new co-host of Morning Report, alongside Ingrid Hipkiss.
News
Fix & Fogg expands to the UK
Kiwi nut butter company Fix & Fogg has announced it will expand its presence in the UK this year, following a successful debut in late 2025.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: James Mather
Perion’s James Mather is looking forward to learning as much as he can about programmatic out of home in 2026.
Media
Go Media and @dailyrejections’ global tour to find kindness
A 29-country trip to find kindness has formed the basis for a novel billboard campaign run by outdoor media company Go Media.
Movings & Shakings
NZME expands Herald Now with new business show
NZME is expanding Herald Now with a new 30-minute business show hosted by BusinessDesk investigative reporter Garth Bray.
Movings & Shakings
Are Media’s Marilynn McLachlan shifts to lifestyle editor role
Are Media has announced an internal change for New Zealand Woman’s Weekly with editor Marilynn McLachlan named the brand’s new lifestyle editor.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review: Lola Elle Bellamy-Hill
Lola Elle Bellamy-Hill shares the highlights and challenges from her year of job hunting and then landing as an account executive at Mango.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Melanie Spencer
Thompson Spencer’s Melanie Spencer says 2025’s merger with performance agency Reason has produced incredible momentum and award-winning work.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Kathryn Blackmore
MetService’s Kathryn Blackmore says the best thing about her job in 2025 was her team – for their incredible resilience and commitment.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Sonia Sutherland
iMedia’s Sonia Sutherland says that in the age of AI, 2025 was all about recognising that human connection is our superpower.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Mark Jennings
Newsroom’s Mark Jennings says the team has had success with its podcasts and saw a rising number of paying subscribers in 2025.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Annabelle Wilkinson
Together’s Annabelle Wilkinson has many highlights from 2025, including working on the Kiwibank pitch and winning IAB’s Agency of the Year.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Anthony Rice
36 Presents’ Anthony Rice says 2025 was the year AI made its presence known in marketing and has highlighted the importance of human oversight.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Sandra Scott
Vistar Media’s Sandra Scott says the growth and collaboration across the OOH industry has been a real highlight this year.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Rob Hutchinson
Rob Hutchinson says his favourite project of 2025 was developing and launching TVNZ’s co-viewing capability.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Sarah Henry
Are Media’s Sarah Henry says it has been satisfying to see the media company grow this year: readership, ad spend and engagement are all up.
Campaigns
Stark drowning message from Water Safety NZ and These Guys I Know
As we relax into summer, Water Safety NZ and These Guys I Know reminds us that this is peak drowning season.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Kelly Harvey
oOh!media’s Kelly Harvey says it was a challenging year but Q4 brought out the team’s strengths as they celebrated all wins, big and small.
Campaigns
Woolworths, TVNZ and dentsu Aotearoa help save Christmas
TVNZ’s Santa Tracker is a Christmas Eve fixture. This festive season it’s working even harder: delivering brand storytelling for Woolworths.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Courtney Baker
Phantom Billstickers’ Courtney Baker says 2025 has been all about growth and pushing boundaries, as well as plenty of beach walks.
Movings & Shakings
One Plus One promotes two
One Plus One Communications has promoted Hannah Kronast and Rosalie Basham to account director and senior account manager, respectively.
Campaigns
Pak’nWrap your Christmas gifts with Pak’nSave and FCB Aotearoa
Pak’nSave is tackling one of the biggest financial stressors of the festive season – gift-giving – with its latest campaign via FCB Aotearoa.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Amy Errman
AUT’s Amy Errman says she returned to the fundamentals this year and in 2026, will be looking at ways to produce more empathethic marketing.
Awards
Chemistry wins two silver Echo Awards for Station of Light campaign
Chemistry has won two silvers at the 2025 Echo Awards for its Station of Light campaign supporting Hato Hone St John.
Campaigns
ACC releases new campaign via Film Construction and VML
New Zealand production company Film Construction has collaborated with VML to launch the latest campaign for ACC.