Author StopPress Team

Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.

What’s the difference between a heat pump and a Canterbury Crusader? Not much if the Daikin’s new campaign is anything to go by but that doesn’t stop the heat pump brand from searching for a connection to promote its sponsorship of the team.

Bayleys has launched a campaign that celebrates the real estate company’s ethos of teamwork and collaboration.

ANZ, Spark and Forsyth Barr show us how it’s done.

The man behind what’s been dubbed ‘the world’s most realistic VR’ is earning worldwide acclaim for his hyper-realistic VR cinematography. Now, Simon Che de Boer’s latest release, Nefertari: Journey to Eternity, takes viewers up close-and-personal in VR to an ancient civilisation that’s not experienced in many people’s lifetimes: Nefertari’s tomb in Egypt. This plays right into the passion driving Che de Boer’s work – to document heritage sites so they’re preserved digitally for years to come.

We take a look at how New Zealand businesses are marking the Māori New Year.

On Wednesday night, 1 News watchers were left wondering where the news had gone after the broadcast cut out for more than five minutes. While the technical issues were soon resolved, Newshub saw an opportunity to convince 1 News watchers to change the channel.

Poking fun at the Dry July fundraiser campaign, Radio Hauraki is encouraging Kiwis to get behind its own initiative: ‘Beer and Pie July’.

Kiwi burger chain Better Burger is celebrating all things Simon on 11 July, by giving away free cheeseburgers to any customers with the name Simon on their IDs.

Lightbox and Shine have used the idea of moths drawn to a flame to show how the SVOD’s new cinema selection will “light up your nightlife”.

Air New Zealand, Tourism New Zealand and Lightbox show us how it’s done.

Back for another year, NZ Marketing has selected the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team put their heads together to figure out who and what came out on top for the judges’ choice, our avid StopPress readers with their fingers on the pulse cast 11,293 votes to decide the People’s Choice winners.

Primo wants young New Zealanders to express their taste by creating a new flavour and to inspire them, it’s teamed up with Colenso BBDO to test out a few questionable milk flavours.