Illness is in many ways a great equaliser among humans. Regardless of our ambitions, the size of our bank accounts or the number of sit-ups we can do, a bout of a series disease is always a reminder that we are all simply biological entities and that our health is all that really matters. Using this as its premise, Rainger & Rolfe has developed a new heartfelt campaign showing the elation of cancer survivor realising he’s in remission.

In today’s media environment, audiences have become conditioned to staged entertainment. Even the best reality TV programmes are set up, which is why this fly-on-the-wall style ad by UK telecoms provider TalkTalk is so refreshing.

Auckland’s Sylvia Park was packed to the brim on Saturday as more than 1000 shoppers flocked to see the doors of the much-anticipated H&M open. Sarah Dunn spoke to H&M country manager for Australia and New Zealand, Hans Andersson, about competition, stock rotation and sustainable clothing.

The Clemenger Group has strengthened its grip on the Spark account, with specialist retail agency 99 being appointed as the lead creative agency on the Spark Digital account.

September was World Literacy Month and to mark the occasion, Burger King New York gave its drive-thru customers a cryptic surprise.

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

Top Top Ice Cream has released a new campaign for its Memphis Meltdown, championing it as “the world’s original triple dipped ice cream”, however rather than making our mouths water the video leaves a bad taste.

​New Zealand Weddings magazine has unveiled new layouts on both its digital and print platforms, giving brides-to-be inspiration for every aspect of their day through elegant and easy to navigate planning tools.

​Noel Leeming’s Massive Sellout is back for another year and for those who aren’t too keen on getting among the crowds, the retailer is offering a VIP experience with a robot to do the shopping for them.

Google is celebrating its 18th birthday in its typical Doodle fashion, however, you would be forgiven if you missed the party because it has a habit of changing the date.

Funny Girls star Rose Matafeo has weighed in on car ad stereotypes in a new promo for the show set to return screens on 30 September.

Holden New Zealand has released a new TVC for its Colorado, via Special Group and Fish, featuring a hero who uses his vehicle to do a good deed.

Fly Buys has made a few innovations to its service lately, having recently published a new and improved flyer-turned-magazine with Tangible Media and now it’s launched a new email approach developed with 1-1 and JustOne.

New Zealand makes an appearance in a Fedex campaign released earlier this month—and the result isn’t all that pretty.

Bcg2 has been appointed as the main creative agency for New Zealand Opera, with digital, radio and print creative for the September 2016 season of Sweeney Todd—The Demon Barber of Fleet Street currently in the market. PLUS: find out who previously had the account, and a look at some of the award-winning work NZ Opera has produced in the past.

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

Adidas is celebrating the overcoming of odds in an Indian campaign, which promotes the sale of odd shoes.

Cosmopolitan UK has taken its connection with its readers to the next level, by creating them a car.

TVNZ has dubbed Duke its ‘innovation station’ – a place where it can experiment with unconventional programming and scheduling decisions in a bid to attract a younger audience. We chat to channel’s programmer Ed Kindred about what this means and what he’s doing differently. PLUS: a look at how many Kiwis tuned into the the Paralympics this year.

You know it’s mayoral election time when your street, mailbox and favourite cafes become flooded with images of smiling candidates. It’s usually not long until someone puts spray paint to billboard, which often solidifies the images even more in one’s memory. But, having your face plastered over different types of media isn’t cheap and this is a luxury Auckland mayoral candidate Chloe Swarbrick, who has next-to-no funding, doesn’t have. We chat to Swarbrick about what it’s like running a campaign with little money and if this would have been possible at all ten years ago.