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Charging ahead with The Wonders
Mercury and FCB NZ have launched a new campaign on the ‘Energy made Wonderful’ platform featuring a team of energetic helpers.
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George Weston Foods for Ploughmans takes out May Kantar Ad Impact Award
This month’s Kantar Ad Impact Award goes to George Weston Foods for their Ploughmans “Local Tastes Better” brand ad.
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Film Construction launches photography division
The Film Construction is launching a new photography division following a growing demand for stills from international and local clients.
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A fresh start for Little Miracles
The Neonatal Trust, a charity supporting parents and whānau with premature or unwell babies, has had a complete rebrand thanks to Auckland indie, BCG2. The trust is set…
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NZME announces new social media partnership
NZME has announced a new partnership with New Zealand-based social media specialist agency, Socialites.
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MediaWorks showcases Wellington DOOH sites
MediaWorks hosted an unforgettable experience for its agency customers in Wellington yesterday, with a tour of its new digital out-of-home sites.
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dentsu Aotearoa supports global One Day for Change Initiative
On Friday, July 1, dentsu Aotearoa will be OOO as all dentsu staff around the world take the day to volunteer in their local communities.
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Stuff and The Spinoff partner up for larger reach
Stuff and The Spinoff have formed a content sharing agreement to help values-led journalism reach the widest possible audience.
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Mango grows team with new appointments
Following several recent business wins, Mango has welcomed fresh faces to the fold, bolstering its experiential offering.
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Colenso BBDO and Skinny win WARC Grand Prix at Cannes
Colenso BBDO has taken home the WARC Sustained Growth Grand Prix for three years of effective work for Skinny.
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TAB NZ and Chemistry ask the Irish rugby team to ‘Consider the odds’
Greeting the Ireland rugby team in Auckland this week is a series of cheeky reminders from TAB New Zealand on how tough the games against NZ will be.
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Go Media makes Good Impressions
Go Media has launched an initiative that lets their clients donate advertising value via digital billboards to organisations doing good.
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Free digital training offered for NZ newsrooms
Telum Media and the Google News Initiative are joining forces to offer free digital tools training to help upskill Kiwi journalists.
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oOh!media and Suntory Boss Coffee lend commuters a helping hand
oOh!media, Suntory BOSS Coffee & OMD are bringing a slice of Shibuya to the streets of Auckland with a Japanese vending machine full shelter takeover.
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NZME celebrates significant digital subscription milestone
The milestone has been achieved just over three years from when NZME first launched NZ Herald Premium – its digital news subscription platform.
Movings & Shakings
JOLT taps Henry Rowley as Sales Director for NZ
New Zealand’s first free electric vehicle fast charging network DOOH inventory, JOLT, gears up to go live and bolsters its media sales team.
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Special NZ and The Collective launch straight talking campaign
Yoghurt brand, The Collective, and Special New Zealand have launched a new campaign that talks about themselves the way their customers do.
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Karangahape Road’s new boundary pushing campaign
Aotearoa’s most notorious and colourful road has a new tourism campaign launched for Karangahape Road Business Association via Motion Sickness.
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Du Val Group’s new campaign sparks interest from first-home buyers and investors
A cheeky and hopeful new campaign for Auckland property development company Du Val Group attracting the attention of first home buyers and investors.
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OMD and AA Insurance team up with Google for ad automation test
Media Agency OMD has become the first partner to test machine learning solutions with Google’s Performance Max.
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KidsCan and DDB highlight the real cost of living crisis
KidsCan’s winter appeal campaign by DDB, ‘15 for 15’, aims to raise $500,000 to help ease hardship faced by children in the current climate.
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Special awarded NZ’s only PR Lion in Cannes
Special has taken home a Bronze Lion in the PR category at the 2022 Cannes Lion festival for its campaign Davids Unusables.
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Westgold embraces origins with new campaign
Westgold has launched a distinctive new campaign with brand agency Launchsight showcasing its West Coast origins, encouraging people to reject fake.
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Volkswagen New Zealand and Mango gear up for success
Mango Communications Aotearoa has been appointed as Volkswagen New Zealand’s PR agency.
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Syndrome de L’imposteur, with Jacob & Josep – Day #5
Jacob Newton & Josep Jover keep us informed about what’s happening on the ground at Cannes 2022 through their unique lens as two young DDB creatives.
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Cannes Lions 2022 round-up: The good, the bad and the ugly from Festival in the Cote d’Azur
Following a week at the Cannes Lions, CEO of Hearts & Science & judge on the Innovation Jury, Jane Stanley, gives us a rundown on the event.
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Augusto and Te Puia help Kiwis lean into Matariki tradition
Augusto have launched a new campaign for Te Puia, New Zealand’s geothermal wonderland and home of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute.
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Stickman introduces ‘real world’ friends in new Pak’nSave campaign via FCB
Stickman, who usually loves having all the attention to himself, is happily sharing the screen with his first real-life co-star in a new campaign.
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Future of Retail Marketing Conference comes to Auckland
A future-focused conference for retailers and retail marketers organised by NZ Marketing magazine is coming to The Cloud in Auckland on July 28.
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Syndrome de L’imposteur, with Jacob & Josep – Day #3
Jacob Newton & Josep Jover keep us informed about what’s happening on the ground at Cannes 2022 through their unique lens as two young DDB creatives.