Movings & Shakings
NZME expands Herald Now with new business show
NZME is expanding Herald Now with a new 30-minute business show hosted by BusinessDesk investigative reporter Garth Bray.
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Movings & Shakings
Are Media’s Marilynn McLachlan shifts to lifestyle editor role
Are Media has announced an internal change for New Zealand Woman’s Weekly with editor Marilynn McLachlan named the brand’s new lifestyle editor.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review: Lola Elle Bellamy-Hill
Lola Elle Bellamy-Hill shares the highlights and challenges from her year of job hunting and then landing as an account executive at Mango.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Melanie Spencer
Thompson Spencer’s Melanie Spencer says 2025’s merger with performance agency Reason has produced incredible momentum and award-winning work.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Kathryn Blackmore
MetService’s Kathryn Blackmore says the best thing about her job in 2025 was her team – for their incredible resilience and commitment.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Sonia Sutherland
iMedia’s Sonia Sutherland says that in the age of AI, 2025 was all about recognising that human connection is our superpower.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Mark Jennings
Newsroom’s Mark Jennings says the team has had success with its podcasts and saw a rising number of paying subscribers in 2025.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Annabelle Wilkinson
Together’s Annabelle Wilkinson has many highlights from 2025, including working on the Kiwibank pitch and winning IAB’s Agency of the Year.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Anthony Rice
36 Presents’ Anthony Rice says 2025 was the year AI made its presence known in marketing and has highlighted the importance of human oversight.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Sandra Scott
Vistar Media’s Sandra Scott says the growth and collaboration across the OOH industry has been a real highlight this year.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Rob Hutchinson
Rob Hutchinson says his favourite project of 2025 was developing and launching TVNZ’s co-viewing capability.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Sarah Henry
Are Media’s Sarah Henry says it has been satisfying to see the media company grow this year: readership, ad spend and engagement are all up.
Year in Review 2025
Wrap up 2025 with Year in Review
The year has flown by. Just time to wrap up 2025 with the annual StopPress Year in Review series, plus a selection box of goodies to read.
Campaigns
Stark drowning message from Water Safety NZ and These Guys I Know
As we relax into summer, Water Safety NZ and These Guys I Know reminds us that this is peak drowning season.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Kelly Harvey
oOh!media’s Kelly Harvey says it was a challenging year but Q4 brought out the team’s strengths as they celebrated all wins, big and small.
Campaigns
Woolworths, TVNZ and dentsu Aotearoa help save Christmas
TVNZ’s Santa Tracker is a Christmas Eve fixture. This festive season it’s working even harder: delivering brand storytelling for Woolworths.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Courtney Baker
Phantom Billstickers’ Courtney Baker says 2025 has been all about growth and pushing boundaries, as well as plenty of beach walks.
News
Whittaker’s whimsical window brings Christmas magic
Inviting people to explore the ‘wonder of Whittaker’s’, the whimsical window displays a factory making the Kiwi company’s chocolate pods.
Movings & Shakings
One Plus One promotes two
One Plus One Communications has promoted Hannah Kronast and Rosalie Basham to account director and senior account manager, respectively.
Campaigns
Pak’nWrap your Christmas gifts with Pak’nSave and FCB Aotearoa
Pak’nSave is tackling one of the biggest financial stressors of the festive season – gift-giving – with its latest campaign via FCB Aotearoa.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Amy Errman
AUT’s Amy Errman says she returned to the fundamentals this year and in 2026, will be looking at ways to produce more empathethic marketing.
Awards
Chemistry wins two silver Echo Awards for Station of Light campaign
Chemistry has won two silvers at the 2025 Echo Awards for its Station of Light campaign supporting Hato Hone St John.
Campaigns
ACC releases new campaign via Film Construction and VML
New Zealand production company Film Construction has collaborated with VML to launch the latest campaign for ACC.
Campaigns
Spruik and Aspen NZ bring Zantac to OOH
Creative agency Spruik is leading the relaunch of Zantac as an over-the-counter option for heartburn.
Year in Review 2025
Year in Review 2025: Simon Lendrum
Comms Council CEO Simon Lendrum says the team’s top priority is continuing to champion Kiwi agencies. Oh, and that Six Seven was 2025’s best trend.
Campaigns
Auckland Transport and Thompson Spencer launch Joy Rides campaign
This festive season, Auckland Transport and Thompson Spencer are driving smiles all over Auckland with Joy Rides.
Opinion
The true price of AI and the internet in 2025
Machines have been accessing our information online for two decades, but with AI the stakes have changed, writes FCB Media’s Agata Ziemianska.
Partner articles
Are’s standout year
Are Media New Zealand, the publisher behind Woman’s Day, NZ Woman’s Weekly, Kia Ora and more, has had a stellar 2025.
Campaigns
Unicef reframes holiday giving with Phantom Billstickers
Unicef Aotearoa and Phantom Billstickers have delivered an awareness campaign, inspiring New Zealanders to donate to children in crisis.
Awards
Run’s Raymond Otene McKay appointed to Dubai Lynx jury
Run Aotearoa co-founder and CCO Raymond Otene McKay has been appointed to the Direct and Outdoor Jury at the Dubai Lynx Awards.