Phantom Billstickers, Lewis Road Creamery & MBM have teamed up to deliver ‘goodness on a poster’ to launch Lewis Road Creamery’s new breakfast drink.

Diversity over discrimination is the message from Insurance company AIG’s latest campaign starring members of the All Blacks and Black Ferns. We ask Matthew Walker, senior vice president and regional chief marketing officer at AIG Japan, some questions about the campaign.

Back in 2008 Leon Kirkbeck and Michelle Walshe decided to turn the back bedroom of their Te Atatu Peninsula home into Augusto. There, they plotted to bring together talent from TV production and ad agencies to make production more effective and establish a different, more multi-faceted, client-centric culture, and it’s a move that’s paying off. 10 years later Augusto has a 41-strong local team, a New York office and a desire to keep shaking things up. We check in with Kirkbeck and Walshe to hear how business is going, how new technology is extending its offer and what’s in store overseas.

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When Ecoware begun selling its compostable food packaging in 2011, it was a bit of an uphill slog. Words like ‘sustainability’ and ‘the circular economy’ were concepts that hadn’t quite made it into the mainstream vernacular yet, while companies were under no real pressure to change their practices to become more environmentally friendly – but times have changed in 2018. Co-founder James Calver talks the change in attitudes, as well as the changes that still need to happen.

Earlier this month Sky updated its Sky Go App, a move that connects customers with Sky Go on the go, with the addition of catch up TV, box sets and on-demand content on mobile and tablet. We talk to chief product and technology officer Julian Wheeler about how business is going, and what else Sky has to roll out in the next 12 months as it moves forward from a linear TV model and into an expansive network across multiple screens.

NZ Post is set to increase its prices so what does this mean for businesses reliant on its services to reach customers? We speak to magazine publishers about how the increase will affect their businesses and customers, as well as the Marketing Association and members of the banking industry to hear what it means for those sectors.

Energy Online has launched its winter campaign by introducing a new character – a bloke called Steve who delights in taunting his neighbourhood with his summertime vibes during winter.

Adshel New Zealand has announced the launch of Adshel Live Unbundled, a new offering that breaks up its digital packs in the hope of more buying and creative flexibility across the Adshel Live network. 

Clemenger Group New Zealand has announced that Craig Whitehead has resigned as chief creative officer at 99, effective at the end of June.

Interbrand has a new managing director in Andrew Barron and while he settles into his new role, we speak to him about the importance of taking the brand out of the marketing department.

Sky, Lightbox and TVNZ show us how it’s done.

Online clothing retailer Showpo boasts an impressive social media reach, using different platforms to promote its brand to its audience of over two million. The Register spoke to chief marketing officer of Showpo, Mark Baartse, about the best way to market on social media and if he thinks influencers have longevity in a world ruled by ‘likes’.

The circular economy is a hot concept these days, so what better way to embrace this concept than to make food packaging edible, too? Better Burger is serving up burgers this Sunday (aka Earth Day) in one-off packaging made from wafer paper and edible ink.

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Lightbox and Spark PR & Activate have given Suits a Kiwi twist, by creating a local version of the American TV show to promote the arrival of its new episodes.

Underwear and lingerie brand Triumph is celebrating women coming together in its global campaign ‘#TogetherWeTriumph’ that’s launched in New Zealand.

Wellington-based digital agencies Springload and Touchtech have announced a merger and will now trade under the Springload brand.

Icebreaker has released ‘Shark Scientist’, the first of three ads for its latest ‘Human Nature’ campaign with Motion Sickness. The two-minute spot focuses on marine biologist and shark enthusiast Riley Elliott.

The rise of digital advertising alongside traditional print forms feed off consumers keeping their eyes on the page or the screen, but what about those who extend their gaze to the sky? It too is an area for advertisers to make their mark and checking in with Fletcher McKenzie, a feigned Kiwi skywriter and a man fanatical about aviation, it’s clear the weather-dependent medium still has its place in the marketing mix.

Raise a glass for WorkSafe, Icebreaker and G.J. Gardner Homes.

G.J. Gardner Homes has launched a new brand campaign ‘We’re locals like you’ via 99’s content production unit, The Workshop. The campaign includes six TVC’s shot across the country in a range of community settings.

WorkSafe New Zealand is encouraging Kiwi workers to “get talking” about health and safety with a new campaign via Assignment Group.

Pure SEO has released its 2018 New Zealand Internet Search Trends and Insights report, that sheds light on how Kiwis engage with search engines, to inform businesses digital marketing strategies.

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