The latest agency news, campaigns and client wins (and losses) making headlines across Aotearoa.
Whittaker’s raised the stakes with the Destinations product launch, featuring its now-familiar ambassador Nigella Lawson calling on multiple famous friends. We take a look at this year’s best marketing communication strategy.
Most men aren’t violent, but all it takes for bad things to happen is for good people to do nothing. This year, White Ribbon is asking men to ‘stand up’ and protect against violence by taking an online pledge and making a commitment to one of eight actions.
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
WWF has appointed FCB as its new creative partner – after years without a formal agency on the ground in New Zealand. FCB won the business following an informal pitch process and will provide the organisation with communication strategy and creative services.
Regardless of what life throws at them, Tower Insurance promises to help customers continue their daily routines with minimal fuss in its latest campaign.
YouTube has conducted new audience research in New Zealand with the help of Ipsos and TNS. The team conducted 750 surveys and 15 in-home ethnographic interviews around the country, to better understand how and why people spend time on YouTube.
Electricity company Powershop’s latest campaign lets Kiwis be in charge with interactive street posters.
Deck the halls – Pedigree have created a festive holiday for dogs in its latest campaign.
DairyNZ and NZME have released ‘The Vision is Clear’ – a national ‘movement’ intended to inspire New Zealanders to get involved with looking after its rivers, streams, lakes and beaches.
V Energy has recruited a passionate fan to be the face of, and run, its V Black campaign.
Last week it was NZME and TVNZ launching new podcasts, this week MediaWorks and RNZ have announced their own fresh content.
Newspaper publisher Stuff is considering axing 19 jobs as it squeezes its community titles.
Air New Zealand’s latest safety video ‘It’s Kiwi Safety’ is a mix of familiar faces, soundtracks and local talent.
In April last year, Stephen England-Hall took over the chief executive chair of Tourism New Zealand. He brought with him experience from his previous role as chief executive of Loyalty New Zealand after crossing over from the agency side to client side. Having now made himself at home at Tourism New Zealand, England-Hall fills us in on how the company is moving into the future, the role of technology in marketing and how both fit into the C-suite.
Colorsteel’s new brand campaign follows a love story with a twist – a boy, a girl and her neighbour’s Colorsteel home.
A round of applause for the Blind Foundation, Air New Zealand and Colorsteel.
New Zealanders have loved potatoes for generations, but introducing a new branded version was going to take some serious planning. Last year, T&G took on the challenge, launching Lotatoes. We take a look at this year’s best marketing on a shoestring budget winner.
Comms Council Industry support group, First Five Rungs, has launched its latest project, a video content series called ‘Yarns with…’ that gives millennials in advertising a sneak peek into the industry’s top minds.
A crew swap between Blind Foundation clients and members of MediaWorks’s Newshub crew has demonstrated what people living with low or no vision can achieved with support, in an awareness campaign from YoungShand.
New Zealand men are famous for keeping their cards close to their chest and holding their emotions at bay. But the Movember Foundation says ‘enough is enough’ with the latest campaign, that takes a ‘census’ of men’s feelings.
Fonterra’s Piako Gourmet Yoghurt has released a new outdoor campaign which states that the yoghurt is ‘impossibly irresistible’.
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
After recently winning an emerging director’s award from the Institute of Directors Canterbury Branch, freelance marketer Hannah Doney talks to StopPress about why she thinks there should be more marketers at the board table.
BP and Surf Life Saving New Zealand have a valuable partnership that spans decades. To celebrate the partnership’s 50th anniversary, they invited folks to spread the love to SLSNZ by filling up their cars at BP. We take a look at this year’s best purpose-driven marketing strategy winner.
Nice Blocks has had to turn to an unconventional social media campaign, after competing brand Kapiti launched its new flavours by positioning itself on social media as ‘nice’.
Vero’s latest campaign brings creativity and business together, encouraging businesses to talk to an independent insurance broker.
After a draw in last year’s survey, Whittaker’s has slipped just ahead of the All Blacks as New Zealand’s Most Loved Brand according to rankings released by Colmar Brunton.
Supermarket chain Countdown has secured the first of the Adshel Live Panoramas across key Auckland and Wellington locations.
The global podcast market is booming, and New Zealand is no different. This week, NZME and TVNZ have added new podcasts to their ranks.
With a customer churn rate that didn’t seem to be stabilising, despite its best promotional efforts, the TAB knew it needed to change tack. We take a look at this year’s best use of customer insight/data winner.
The new campaign for TVNZ OnDemand marks a turning point for the platform, after a year of investment and content curation.
Kiwi property’s Sylvia Park has launched a new campaign to celebrate the range of brands and styles housed within the shopping centre.
A round of applause for Tourism New Zealand, Kiwi Bacon, New Zealand Police and WorkSafe.
The High Court has ruled that internet streaming using My Box to watch SKY TV movies, television and sports programmes is a breach of copyright and illegal.
TBWA\New Zealand has announced Shane Bradnick as its new chief creative officer across TBWA, Digital Arts Network (DAN) and Eleven PR. Bradnick is set to join TBWA from his current role as DDB’s executive creative director.
Kiwi Bacon has launched a new campaign that aims to reinforce its 100 percent New Zealand free farmed position.