Following judging by 38 senior public relations and communications practitioners, the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) has announced 25 finalists for the 2019 awards.

A round of applause to ANZ, Queenstown Airport Corporation, Genesis and Pet Refuge.

Australian charity product organisation Thankyou has launched its latest Kiwi campaign, combining that fact that 100 percent of its profit goes towards helping end global poverty with its use of perfume-grade botanical oils in its products.

Everything is energy according to a new campaign for Genesis by Shine, that gives the intangible idea of energy a tangible definition.

Queenstown Airport Corporation – which manages both Queenstown and Wanaka Airports – has launched a new brand showcase with Shotover Media called ‘Why Do We Fly?’.

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To celebrate turning 30, Instant Kiwi has launched a new brand campaign highlighting the unique ways real New Zealanders have played the games in the last three decades.

Facebook is tightening its rules around live-streaming in direct response to the Christchurch terror attack.

ANZ is following the supply chain of honey in a new ‘Bee to Bee’ campaign by TBWA, to demonstrate how businesses connect and contribute to each other’s success.

Extra Gum and Colenso BBDO have released a new campaign that utilises a voice assistant-based-conversation tool designed to build confidence.

NZME’s move to put a paywall on NZHerald.co.nz has been labelled “bold” and “brave”. In the wake of its implementation, we talk to premium content editor Miriyana Alexander about how it came into play and what it means for readers and advertisers.

A round of applause to Spark, Healtheries and Hell Pizza.

Infrastructure investor Infratil is teaming up with a Canadian investment firm to buy the local operations of Vodafone for $3.4 billion.

Spark has paired with Kiwi documentary maker and journalist David Farrier in its latest campaign, which celebrates Spark’s 5G innovation.

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Deals, expansions and acquisitions across the industry.

Motion Sickness’ Sam Stuchburry chats to New Zealand designer Kate Darby about starting the agency out of his flat in New Zealand’s notorious party slash academic city, Dunedin and how they carved out a niche for Motion Sickness in New Zealand’s already-dense creative industry.

Healtheries latest campaign shows how its products can help Kiwis strive and thrive.

New Zealand’s media agency market has had a difficult start to 2019, with total national marketer ad spend falling more than 5 percent from the same quarter last year, as the market remains plagued by a lack of business confidence.

Following the global merger of J. Walter Thompson and Wunderman, WPP AUNZ has announced the upcoming launch of Wunderman Thompson in New Zealand.

A round of applause to Spark, Icebreaker, Vogels and MyMilk.

After a being denied the opportunity to merge with nearest rival Stuff after a two-year battle, NZME has finally drawn first: pushing ‘premium’ digital content behind a paywall for the first time. We talked to industry players about the introduction of the paywall and what it could mean for advertisers going forward.

Remember setting up a lemonade or baking stall when you were younger to raise some money? In its latest campaign, ASB shows that kids today are doing the same – but with more business acumen.

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

Deals, expansions and acquisitions across the industry.

To celebrate its tenth birthday 2degrees has launched a new brand campaign ‘Fighting For Fair’.

Major New Zealand news organisations, including RNZ, have agreed to protocols for covering the trial of the person charged for the Christchurch mosque attacks.

Spark’s latest campaign highlights the power of technology during the emotional moments of our lives.

GfK’s first non-commercial radio survey of 2019 is out, showing Radio New Zealand’s audience is up 60,000 year-on-year to reach 696,600 New Zealanders each week, while RNZ National’s 616,200 listeners makes it the biggest station in the country.

A car park might not resemble a scientific lab, but in Energy Online’s latest brand campaign it serves as the setting for a “mind control” trick to showcase that power is power, and none of it is ‘super’.

A round of applause to Ola Australia and New Zealand, Countdown and Air New Zealand.

A recent advertisement by Gillette discussing toxic masculinity divided critics over whether it created meaningful change, or was just virtue signalling by one of the world’s largest razor brands. ICG strategy director Marcus Hawkin-Adams breaks down how to navigate the tricky marketing waters of championing a social cause.

The New Zealand Herald’s publisher NZME has announced digital subscriptions will be available from next week. Online readers will have to pay $5 a week for everything the Herald has to offer.