Canon Media Awards 2017 finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s Canon Media Awards have been announced, with The New Zealand Herald, Taranaki Daily News, Waikato Times Weekend and Public Address looking to repeat last year’s wins.
Get the latest direct to your inbox twice a week. Sign up today. 
Browsing: Awards
News about industry awards.
NZDM Awards: FCB/True wins Grand Prix, JustOne lands Nexus Supreme and Countdown claims client glory
Here’s a rundown of all the winners from the biggest night of the year for the nation’s direct marketers.
Axis 2017: Colenso BBDO, FCB and DDB set to battle for the trophies
CAANZ has released the finalists for the upcoming Axis Awards, and it’s shaping up to be Colenso BBDO’s night as it makes the list 94 times, followed by FCB Advertising and DDB Group both with 43 entries and Ogilvy behind with 42.
New Zealand Direct Marketing Awards: JustOne, Colenso BBDO, Chemistry Interaction and FCB lead the finalist pack
With the finalists announced today, this year’s edition of the Direct Marketing Awards will again see the nation’s agencies slog it out on awards night for metal.
Colenso BBDO, OMD and DDB win big at Campaign Asia-Pacific Awards
New Zealand agencies had a lot to celebrate in Singapore overnight as Colenso BBDO, OMD and DDB won gold in the agency categories at the Campaign Asia Pacific Agency of the Year Awards.
New Zealand Direct Marketing Awards: JustOne and Colenso BBDO / Proximity lead the finalists
As celebrations kick off for the silly season, the New Zealand Direct Marketing Awards have added reason to toast with the announcement of its finalists for next year’s event.
Fair Go Ad Awards 2016: toned down Hyundai ad returns to claim glory, Clemenger BBDO’s NZ Post spot voted worst of the year
In 2015, Shine and Hyundai earned the ignominy of winning New Zealand’s worst ad of the year, with a spot widely condemned for being too overbearing. But the brand and the agency have bounced back this year, claiming Fair Go’s Ad of the Year Award—and, quite remarkably, they’ve done it with virtually the same ad so widely abhorred last year. So how does an ad go from being the worst to the best in the course of year?
Clemenger BBDO wins Gold and Best International at IPA Effectiveness Awards
The poignant ‘Mistakes’ TVC by Clemenger BBDO has taken out two top awards at the prestigious IPA Effectiveness Awards in London this week.
Promax Awards: TVNZ Blacksand jingles all the way with ten golds and two silvers
Every year, the Promax Awards celebrate the standout promotional efforts from broadcasters across the world. And at this year’s ANZ edition, which occurred last Saturday, TVNZ Blacksand enjoyed a particularly fruitful evening, picking up an impressive tally of gongs across a range of categories.
Effies 2016: Colenso BBDO and DB Breweries’ chemistry steals the spotlight
Over 500 advertising and marketing folks descended on the Langham last night for the final and, some might argue, most important event on the awards calendar. The Effies Awards are so highly coveted because the judging process places enormous emphasis on the business results achieved by creative ideas. Winning the big awards is notoriously difficult, and this was again reiterated this year with only seven gold gongs being handed over the course of proceedings. Here’s the lowdown on who won what.
Best Awards 2016: celebrating the sexiest design in New Zealand
A colourful pathway, cartoon sheep and woollen shoes were just some of the stars at this year’s edition of the Best Awards. It was another reminder of the talented designers working across virtually every industry in New Zealand. Here’s a rundown of the winners.
Effie Awards 2016: Colenso BBDO and FCB lead the pack of finalists
The 2016 NZ Effie Award finalists have been announced by CAANZ after a panel of 150 industry judges selected 102 finalists from 17 categories.
TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2016: Eat My Lunch provides food for thought
Child poverty and obesity are major issues facing New Zealand, and for Eat My Lunch founder Lisa King, the solution was simple. By creating a social enterprise with doing good at its heart, not only has she fed thousands of hungry school kids, she’s taking on fast food.
Barnes, Catmur & Friends Dentsu (aka Friends Electric) claims the BOTAB crown
It has absolutely nothing to do with advertising, but every year agencies from across the industry descend on the Kings Arms for a night of noise. This year didn’t disappoint. It was everything you’d want from a gig: loud, crowded and energetic with a touch of Backstreet Boys.
Magazine Media Awards 2016: NZ Geographic takes the top award, Shelley Ferguson barely leaves the stage and Bauer comes away the most award-studded
Last night, well-dressed folk from the magazine industry made their way (in freezing cold wind) to the Auckland War Memorial Museum to attend the 2016 Magazine Media Awards, where celebrations took place over a gala dinner to honour the best storytelling and management across print, online and events, or as the Magazine Publishers Association would say, ‘beyond the page’.
News Works retires Newspaper Ad of the Year and Ad of the Month competitions
News Works has announced the end of an era this week, with it drawing the Newspaper Ad of the Year and Newspaper ad of the Month competitions to a close to focus on student talent.
Colmar Brunton reigns supreme at the RAE Awards
Research often hangs out in the background, behind the flash and sparkle of the creative campaigns. However, on 2 September, the shadowy figures of the research industry stepped into the limelight as they descended upon the Hilton for the 2016 Research Association Effectiveness Awards (RAE Awards).
TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2016: Dave Elliott proves marketing’s in his DNA, takes out Marketer of the Year
With a career spanning 32 years in both New Zealand and Asia, Dave Elliott has had plenty of time to prove his talent. However, it’s since he stepped into the role of general manager of marketing at Mitre 10 that his vision and contribution has seen him become one of the country’s best.
TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2016: Cinderella stories for Marley, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Eat My Lunch, Mercury Energy and more
A record number of attendees, dressed in their finest, made their way to the The Langham in Auckland last night to celebrate the 2016 TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards winners. Ben Fahy, publisher and editorial director of Tangible Media’s business network and Marketing Association chief executive Gill Stewart hosted the event, while comedian and television personality Te Radar stepped on stage again as MC.
Industry folk share their favourites for National Poetry Day
Poetry is being shared in all corners of the country on this fine day, as today marks the 19th annual National Poetry Day, since known as Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day after the company penned a sponsorship agreement in March. In commemoration of the day, we share some favourite poems from people in the industry (and our office, because why not).
Looking back to move forward: FCB returns to The School House
FCB is showing its cerebral side with the launch of The School House, a new forum dedicated to casting a critical eye on advertising and, more broadly, the New Zealand cultural landscape.
NZ Police reigns supreme at this year’s SMCAKLs
The third annual SMCAKLs were held last night, celebrating the best use of social media in the country, which saw NZ Police come away with the most coveted award of the night.
Magazine Media Awards finalists: Bauer domination continues, but indies put in strong showing
Bauer’s haul of 52 finalists spots saw the publisher top the pile, followed by Tangible Media on 28, Kowhai Media on 13 and Fairfax Media on nine.
Best Awards finalists: Strategy, Alt Group, Special Group and Sons & Co lead the charge—UPDATED
The gargantuan list of finalists for this year’s edition of the Best Awards has been announced, and it reads like a veritable encyclopedia of New Zealand’s design agencies.
Individual finalists for TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards announced
Following on from last week’s announcement of the category and judges’ awards finalists, we move onto the individual finalists for this year’s edition of the event. The list of finalists are split into veterans and newbies, with the former in contention to win the Marketer of the Year Award and the latter in to win the Rookie Marketer of the Year.
Getting experienced: Brett McMeekin on Fairfax’s growing emphasis on events
Fairfax has announced the launch of Urban Adventure, a Crossfit-styled event that will see companies vie against each other for bragging rights. We chat to the media company’s events manager Brett McMeekin on the strategy behind the increased investment in events like these.
Vodafone leads the charge among TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards finalists
The finalists of this year’s TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards have been announced after a record number of entries were received. It won’t be long until champagne-filled glasses will once again be clinked together at the Langham, celebrating the best of marketing over the past year.
Team behind Hunt for the Wilderpeople lands indie marketing award
Hunt for the Wilderpeople broke box office records with an opening weekend take of over $1.2 million and it has gone on to win critical acclaim across the world. There’s no doubt that the film is a local cinematic pleasure, but sometimes this isn’t enough to secure commercial success. Marketing, or the lack thereof, can often play a major role in whether or not a film succeeds. Fortunately, there was quite a hefty campaign behind this one.
Colenso BBDO cleans up at the Caples, takes out Creative Agency of the Year
After a successful week at Cannes nabbing a Grand Prix and a Titanium Lion for ‘Brewtroleum’, Colenso BBDO has now won Creative Agency of the Year 2016 at this year’s Caples Awards, with Clemenger BBDO and Young & Shand also coming away with an award each.
New Zealand claims sixth at Cannes, earns bragging rights over Australia
As the final Lions were handed out over the weekend, New Zealand’s total haul of 60 over the course of the event saw the nation finish in sixth position. This result will taste particularly sweet, given that it puts New Zealand one place above our frenemies across the ditch, who only landed 58 Lions.