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21 November 2025

 
 
Kia ora [firstname]

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards, held at Shed 10 in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. I love a good awards show - there's nothing better than getting together to celebrate industry success. IAB NZ CEO Angelina Farry says it was the biggest event in the IAB's nine year history with a sold-out crowd of 470 guests. Find out who took home the gongs here.

Also in awards news this week: Motion Sickness and Whānau Ora received significant recognition at the One Asia Creative Awards and Kelly Tarlton's Final Treasure Hunt won big at the New Zealand Podcast Awards.

Advertising agency Mechanic Group and marketing agency PistolShrimp have teamed up to announce the launch of the JAC T9 ute in Aotearoa. The campaign videos tell the story of how the ute is built for the Ultimate Tradie, with offroad and towing capabilities, over a tonne of payload capacity, and, of course, a pie warmer.

Are Media and Stuff Group are celebrating the lastest Nielsen data that shows strong audience growth for both companies. The Post, The Press and the Waikato Times are now read by almost 1.5 million Kiwis each month and digital subscriptions to the publications are up 57%. Meanwhile, Are Media has a total readership of 1,935,000 - an increase of 23,000 readers for the quarter.

Happy reading and if you have news you’d like to share, let us know. Email editor@stoppress.co.nz.


Have a lovely weekend, we'll see you next week. Mā te wā,


Zahra and the StopPress Team


 
 
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