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A win for local: Stuff CEO Sinead Boucher buys Stuff for $1
It has been announced today that Stuff CEO Sinead Boucher has bought Stuff from parent company Nine for $1. Putting an end to the will they…
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Stuff shows the strength of journalism at Voyager Awards
The Voyager Media Awards this year saw Stuff take out the win in 20 categories out of 51. The wins for Stuff showed its strength of…
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Ovato steps up, launches new publishing division
Pictured; Paul Gardiner and Tony Edwards. Ovato has announced today the launch of a new publishing arm which is set to help support the magazine industry…
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StopPress noticeboard: May 22
Big Communications takes out the win, Principals creates new brand identity for T&G Fresh, and Adhesive appointed PR for Hootsuite. Hoot-Sweet for Adhesive Independent PR agency…
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TBWA and ANZ strengthen community support
During lockdown ANZ has flexed a helping hand to the community, helped in turn by campaigns created by TBWA. Over the course of the last two…
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Back to the future: How the pandemic is changing our relationship to the internet
One of the oddities of the global pandemic is that we are all experiencing it at once, collectively and also entirely by ourselves. The past few…
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Getting the right tone: BigMouth Voices offers a pitch above the rest
What was the initial idea behind BigMouth Voices? BigMouth started out in 1996 with the quirky raw voices from bFM. It was an agency that moved…
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TRB announces judges for the 2020 ORCA Awards
The judges for The Radio Bureau’s annual Outstanding Radio Creative Awards (ORCA) have today been announced. Representing varied disciplines across the industry. The 2020 awards this…
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Magazine subs at an all-time high post alert level four
Since the country returned to level three on April 23, Magazine subscription retailer, isubscribe, has experienced a 30 percent increase in total subscription sales year on…
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Digital advertising sees six percent spike in Q1
New data from IABNZ’s Digital Advertising Report shows in the first quarter for 2020 digital advertising grew by six perfect. The digital advertising revenue reached over…
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StopPress noticeboard: May 20
Carat is awarded Pandora and Silver Ferns Farms release a new website and partnership. Carat has been for the new account holders by Pandora across Australia…
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Colenso BBDO and AMI celebrate kindness shown during Covid-19
AMI and Colenso BBDO reflect on the kindness Kiwis have shown during Covid-19 with their latest homemade video campaign. Created by DOP’s and photographers across the…
Opinion
How to be the marketer your CEO always wanted
In a previous article I acknowledged that most marketers have at some point wanted to roundhouse a salesperson in the chops. And let’s be honest, we’ve…
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Video vital in the post-lockdown landscape
Virtual conferencing is here VideoTaxi knows business doesn’t stop, no matter how challenging the journey. When Harcourts wanted to hold its national awards during the Level 3 lockdown,…
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Ads of the week: May 19
Safety, scenery and shoes, this week’s group of ad’s are full of Kiwi creativity and a sense of community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOR6QVyQrq0 Who is it for: NZ Mountain…
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Waiheke’s new campaign shows the missed wonders of island living
‘A world apart, not a world away’ is the new tourism focused campaign created by the Waiheke Island Tourism Forum to show people Waiheke island is…
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Creativity is always the answer
As New Zealand’s largest employer and most significant investor in the advertising and marketing services sector, Clemenger Group and its CEO Jim Gall, take their responsibility…
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Horse’s Mouth with Paul Ego
At the end of 2019, FCB’s Stickman won its first award while the mascot celebrated a whole decade in advertising. We sat down with comedian and…
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Lion launches ‘Cheers to Your Local’ campaign
Alcohol and beverage company Lion are calling on Kiwis to support their local hospitality services and encouraging community as they begin to re-open their doors. After…
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Marketing Association launches MA Online
The Marketing Association have launched MA Online to provide marketers with some of their most popular, topical workshops and turned them into online courses. The MA…
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Government announces media support package
Government budget hearings today saw the reveal of a $1.3 million package to help support the New Zealand media sector. The package itself it set up…
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Assembly announces Alan Bibby as new director
Assembly has announced today the appointment of Alan Bibby as its new director. Bibby joins the New Zealand team from New York. Two decades after leaving…
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YoungShand encourages walking a mile in frontline nurses shoes
YoungShand and Oceania Healthcare have launched a campaign encouraging people to walk a mile in the shoes of frontline nurses this International Nurses Day. The In…
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New data from oOh!media shows Kiwi confidence creeping back
oOh!media has released new data from its network which shows Kiwis are rearing and ready to resume as normal following the end of lockdown. The data…
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Rainger and Rolfe launch tailored advice platform for agencies in need
To help cope with the uncertainty caused by Covid-19, Rainger and Rolfe have launched a platform, Ask the Navigator, where businesses can reach out and request tailored…
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Sales sisters! Marketing brothers! It’s time to bury the hatchet
There’s a long-standing cliché about sales and marketing being at each other’s throats all the time. It’s a cliché for a reason – it exists. I…
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Coping with Covid
Well done New Zealand, no doubt we’ll be enjoying international praise for the next wee while. Us Kiwis still love a good high-five from overseas. Now to…
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Studio Nash and MBM produce new production bubbles for Red Seal
Health and wellness brand Red Seal, with the help of agencies Studio Nash and MBM, has recently launched the first part of its new global brand…
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Sky Sport and DDB ready the fans for the return of sport
Sports fanatics have been waiting patiently during lockdown for the return of heart racing moments and big wins. Sky Sport and DDB have pulled together some…
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Dashing result: Wrestler, Augusto and Mythology launch new Allbirds campaign
Teaming up with New York City based agency Mythology, Wrestler, Augusto and Allbirds have created a fast paced campaign for its new running shoe, The Dasher.…