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Motion Sickness takes aim at the tourism industry’s tired clichés in new campaign
Karangahape Road Business Association and Motion Sickness take a prod at the tourism industry, and celebrates local businesses in new campaign.
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LUMO and Fire and Emergency NZ deliver country’s first dynamic programmatic DOOH campaign
LUMO and Hivestack have teamed up to launch New Zealand’s first dynamic programmatic digital out-of-home campaign for Fire and Emergency NZ.
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Coast and Go Media take music countdown to a new level
Coast audio network has teamed up with independent outdoor media provider Go Media to supercharge its best song of all-time countdown.
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Countdown says ‘Every Day’s a Fresh Day’ via M&C Saatchi NZ
Countdown has launched their brand new campaign ‘Every Day’s a Fresh Day’, celebrating the freshness of local produce.
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PAK’canSAVE campaign aims to feed New Zealand’s needy
PAK’nSAVE’s inaugural PAK’canSAVE campaign, on now until 11 July, asks customers to give a can and help feed a hungry fam.
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JCDecaux taps into Newmarket’s retail market
Out-of-Home media company JCDecaux is preparing to launch two new Digital Large Format sites at Westfield Newmarket.
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Republik given full control of Regal Salmon US media activity
New Zealand King Salmon has extended its appointment to Republik to lead and manage its social media and other holistic media activity in the US.
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FINCH celebrates diversity in Google’s ‘Finding Pride’ series
A.J Greenwood captures the lives of six people who all represented different parts of the LGBTQIA+ community throughout the region.
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GlobalHQ launches Pulse
The $46b farming sector now has a daily subscription newsletter giving everyone in New Zealand easy access to the latest news.
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Ad market reports record growth in May
New Zealand’s media agency market has returned to its levels of pre-Covid ad spend in May following a record 67.4 percent increase in YoY ad spend.
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VMLY&R announces six new staff appointments
VMLY&R has bolstered its Auckland team with six new appointments across creative, client service, social and digital.
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ANZ and TBWA\NZ rally Kiwi fans ahead of Olympic Games
The launch spot by TBWA features a number of recognisable Olympic and Paralympic athletes and will evolve over the course of the Games.
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Digital advertising revenue grows 29% in Q1
IAB New Zealand has released its latest 2021 Digital Advertising Revenue Report providing a snapshot of Q1 2021 along with notable trends.
Movings/shakings
FCB appoints Belgium-based Sébastien Desclée as CEO
Sébastien Desclée has been appointed CEO of FCB NZ. This follows the departure of Paul Shale in May and a resulting global search to replace him.
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Motion Sickness announces Energy Online win, new appointments
Several new account wins, including most recently Energy Online, has propelled Auckland-based indie agency Motion Sickness on a growth trajectory.
Movings/shakings
NZ Events Association appoints new Chair
NZ Events Association will farewell its outgoing Board Chair Graham Rouse as his term comes to an end. He will be replaced by Loren Heaphy.
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How diverse is New Zealand advertising and marketing?
ANZA and WFA are calling on the NZ marketing and advertising community to add their voice to a new global diversity and inclusion census in marketing.
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LUMO grows team by three
LUMO has announced a growth in its team with three new appointments to bolster its digital operations, sales support and marketing.
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VMLY&R adds media buying to ACC account
VMLY&R has announced that it has retained the ACC account as the creative services lead, plus it has been appointed as their new media buying agency.
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Magazine readership and sales up
Magazine readership is up strongly in Nielsen results out today – and a separate retail report shows Kiwis are buying more local magazines.
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OMD confirms 2degrees media account win
As previously reported on StopPress in May, OMD has confirmed the win of the 2degrees media account following a competitive pitch.
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Turners Cars takes out Colmar Brunton Ad Impact Award
May saw the airing of a good range of new commercials, including new master-branding ads, some brand building ads and TVCs featuring the introductions of new offerings.…
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Ogilvy Network NZ announce new senior leadership team
Kelly-Ann Maxwell named CEO Ogilvy Network NZ, & more appointments including Group Creative Directors and Customer Experience and Innovation Director.
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Paul Catmur and Vodafone’s Jason Paris on the latest episode of ‘Truth and Soul’
In the latest episode of the ‘Truth and Soul’ podcast, Paul Catmur sits down with Jason Paris, CEO of Vodafone New Zealand. Catmur says not to be…
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Big screen spend on the rise
SMI results from April show Val Morgan Cinema Advertising achieving a 132.1 percent spend increase on the same period last year.
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DDB Group Aotearoa announce first-ever woman CEO
DDB Group Aotearoa has announced the appointment of Priya Patel as its first-ever female Group CEO.
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New DB Export TVC celebrates innovation and environmentalism
DB Export takes its commitment to innovation up a level with a new campaign by Colenso BBDO that features a humorous mock keynote presentation.
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The Spinoff launches new creative studio
The Spinoff Group has announced the founding of Daylight Creative, a new content studio with the aim to help organisations become better publishers.
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NZ ad spend sees outdoor bookings double and digital soar 81 percent in April
The NZ advertising market’s Covid downturn is officially over, with the SMI reporting April ad demand soaring a record 56.2 percent year-on-year.
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Paul Shale to leave his role as CEO at FCB
Paul Shale has been in the FCB CEO position for almost three years, and will be leaving on June 1 “to pursue other challenges”.