The New Zealand media agency advertising market has finally returned to growth in May with a 2.3 percent year-on-year increase in agency bookings to $87.3 million.

Trade Me has chosen to partner with Clemenger Group agencies Clemenger BBDO Wellington and Colenso BBDO Auckland after a four-way pitch.

A round of applause to Women’s Refuge, Solarcity, NZTA and Hell Pizza.

The NZ Transport Agency’s latest road safety campaign ‘Let Driving Distract You’ positions the car as a chance to escape the noise of messages, notifications and distractions offered by your cell phone.

Kaitiakitanga, or guardianship of the land, is the founding principle behind solar energy company Solarcity’s latest campaign ‘Grid for Good’.

Scientists say that 5G is safe, but a small, vocal group of people insist it causes cancer. Susan Strongman speaks to two of the rollout’s most rowdy opponents.

Almost half of ANZ shoppers say they have abandoned their shopping carts due to poor customer experience according to new research by Adobe – so it’s no surprise CX was a popular talking point at last week’s Adobe Symposium in Sydney. Erin Mckenzie attended the event and wraps up day one.

Two Auckland-based industry professionals have banded together to start a new boutique agency, Some Damn Agency, officially launching on Monday 1 July.

The Step Up Sky Tower Stair Challenge offers a rare opportunity for the general public to access the Sky Tower’s 1,103 stairs, all in support of Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC). LBC has partnered with Auckland-based agency Chemistry to shout about the event.

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

We’ve given the mic to the industry’s future leaders. Josh Reiri-Allen, a senior digital manager at Carat New Zealand, shares his thoughts on adland.

The results of the second GfK Radio Survey for 2019 are out and MediaWorks and NZME both have plenty to shout about, as commercial radio continues to assert itself as a dominant media with New Zealand audiences.

Part of its mission to introduce carnivores to meat-free options, Hell Pizza has taken customers by surprise with its latest meat-free concoction: the meat-free Burger Pizza.

A round of applause to Tower Insurance, Lotto NZ and AA Smartfuel.

Reading your insurance policy shouldn’t be like reading another language filled with jargon, according to the latest campaign from Tower Insurance by BC&F Dentsu.

Little Giant has today become Isobar New Zealand, completing its transition into the global agency network.

Lotto New Zealand has released ‘Lost’, the fourth instalment of its ‘Imagine’ series with DDB. The series began in 2015 with ‘Pirate Ship’ and was followed by ‘Mum’s Wish’ in 2016 and the award-winning ‘Armoured Truck’ last year.