Movings & Shakings
Movings/Shakings: 4 December
Industry happenings at MediaWorks Carat New Zealand, Harvey Cameron Group, Rise & Shine PR and Darkhorse NZ.
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Maritime New Zealand campaign influenced by tales of salvage and survival
One man’s struggle for survival at sea has inspired Maritime New Zealand’s latest campaign.
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Kiwis challenged to handle the jandal for Blackmores campaign
A new out-of-home campaign for Blackmores New Zealand pushes creative boundaries to boost engagement between brands and audiences as oOh!media launches immersive and interactive game, Jandalball.
Partner articles
Breaking through the Chinese Wall
There’s an old Chinese proverb: “All things are difficult before they are easy”. Chinese Herald owner Lili Wang has turned the difficult task of breaking into the local Chinese market into a much easier proposition.
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TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2018 best retail: The Warehouse
After three decades of consistent sales and bargains, The Warehouse took the plunge and introduced a new low-price strategy in an effort to stabilise the business model and win back the trust of once-loyal customers. We take a look at this year’s best retail.
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PHD gets motivated for Movember, reflects on what the month means
PHD Group has rounded out Movember with a record number of moustaches grown, and funds raised, to support awareness for men’s health.
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Made For Life: Barkers’ declaration of intent
With the knowledge that the fashion industry is a major contributor to environmental waste, menswear brand Barkers has developed a new campaign that sets out the brand’s motivations and values for the future.
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WREDA highlights popular 2018 moments for Wellington Advent Calendar
Wellington is counting down to Christmas with a digital snow globe for Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency’s (WREDA) annual Wellington Advent Calendar.
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Clemenger Group’s Perceptive and Sapien to merge
Customer intelligence agency Perceptive has announced a planned merger with behavioural science agency Sapien. Both agencies are part of the Clemenger Group.
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NZDM Awards 2018: Colenso BBDO, Affinity ID, FCB and JustOne lead finalists
The finalists for the 2018 NZDM Awards have been announced and with 18 finalists across 11 unique campaigns, it’s Colenso BBDO leading the way.
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The Compendium: 30 November
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
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Office decorations could prove valuable for KidsCan
Earlier this week, an artwork owned by American Express auctioned off for $38,000 with proceeds going to KidsCan. Now, businesses are being encouraged to see if their offices are home to items that could be donated to charity.
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Oh my reindeer: Air New Zealand helps create the nicest Christmas ever
An accidental email has a good outcome for this year’s Christmas as Air New Zealand helps naughty kids make it onto Santa’s nice list.
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Radio survey four: The Edge once again biggest commercial station
The fourth GfK commercial radio survey has been released today, showing 3.59 million New Zealanders aged 10+ listen to radio each week.
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Copper Brand Experiences, MKTG and Fuse see gold at PREScom Awards
Last night, at Sky City’s Bar Twenty-One, New Zealand’s PR, brand experience, events and social media industry professionals celebrated the best campaigns from the last year at the inaugural PREScom Awards.
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Creative industries short film: man digs a hole, people watch him do it
The latest short film from Flying Fish director James Solomon captures the existential anguish of the creative industries with a simple and effective metaphor: a hole.
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Testicular Cancer NZ unveils world first ‘Auto Ball Checker’ via FCB
Testicular Cancer New Zeland and FCB have launched the ‘Testimatic’, the world’s first ‘Auto Ball Checker’ – a device that allows men to have their testicles checked for irregularities and lumps without the awkwardness of being face-to-face with a doctor.
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‘Paperless’ newspaper or a radio ad? DB Export saves trees via the radio waves
DB Export is continuing its mission to save the world by releasing paperless newspaper ads “printed” on radio.
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Ads of the Week: 27 November
Round of applause to Auckland Transport, Stirling Sports and Air New Zealand.
Partner articles
How to harness Alipay and Wechat Pay
3.6 million Chinese tourists are expected to visit NZ over the next five years – but seeing the benefits of this tourism boom isn’t as simple as putting an ‘open for business’ sign on the front window.
StopPress exclusives
Kiwi Bacon claims Colmar Brunton October Ad Impact Award
October was a wonderful month for advertising, but there can only be one winner of the Colmar Brunton Ad Impact Award. For October it went to Kiwi Bacon with their ad ‘Kiwi Bacon – 100% New Zealand Free Farmed.’
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TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2018 best in-house marketing: NZSki
Getting folks to spend money on icy peaks and ski fields in summer is no easy task. But, NZSki managed to beat the odds and rise to new heights. We take a look at this year’s best in-house branding.
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Stuff and Bauer Media announce media partnership
Stuff has announced its latest media partnership with Bauer Media Group. The partnership will see Stuff publish content from Bauer’s current affair and lifestyle titles.
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Shout Media and Vector Ltd partner for poster contract
Shout Media has announced an exclusive street poster contract with Vector Limited.
Movings & Shakings
Sky TV announced Martin Stewart as new CEO
Sky TV has appointed Martin Stewart as its CEO, following John Fellet’s decision to retire at the end of the year.
Movings & Shakings
Movings/Shakings: 23 November
Industry happenings at NZME, Māori Television and Curious Film.
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The Compendium: 23 November
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
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TVNZ and MediaWorks celebrate at Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards
Last night New Zealand’s TV stars gathered at Auckland’s Civic Theatre to celebrate the best in show at the Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards. TVNZ people and programmes won across 14 categories and MediaWorks won across five.
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TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2018 best brand transformation: TSB Bank
Faced with low brand awareness and consideration, TSB Bank underwent a makeover – refreshing its name and looking to drive new customer growth. We take a look at this year’s best brand transformation.