A round of applause for NZTA, Discover Rotorua and Sylvia Park.

At any one time in New Zealand, there are hundreds of people speeding in cars who don’t want to be. In a new campaign, NZTA and Clemenger BBDO shine a light on who has to cope with the consequences of losing control of a car at high speed – and it’s not just the driver.

EightyOne’s announced Chris Bleackley as its full-time executive creative director alongside the appointment of new team members and a new offer called Drive-thru.

Rotorua’s connection to the natural world is on show in a new campaign for Destination Rotorua by KingSt Advertising and Marketing.

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Clemenger BBDO creative JP Twaalfhoven was a finalist in the Side Hustle category at D&AD Awards 2019 for KYT – short for ‘Keeping You Together’ – bags handcrafted and designed for life with diabetes. The idea stemmed from his partner and co-founder Bridget Scanlan’s own Type 1 diagnosis eight years ago. He travelled to London to present live on stage at D&AD and on his way talked StopPress through the bags.

Sanitarium’s new out-of-home campaign uses bold colours and hands popping out of holes to remind Kiwis about their breakfast cereals.

PHD Group has announced the appointment of Nick Scott as strategic partnerships director, and the promotion of PHD group business director Helen Brown to group investment director.

MediaWork’s FY 2018 results are out and with a net loss after tax of $5.5 million, the company is showing signs of moving towards profitability.

Facebook’s role in the Christchurch terror attacks, and Mark Zuckerberg’s placid response, brought with it widespread condemnation. Now the social media giant has finally responded to the public scrutiny by banning users from live streaming if they “violate our most serious policies” and invested $7.5 million in research to improve video analysis technology. Idealog asked local social media experts whether the world’s most powerful company could have done more to prevent social media hate crimes.

Following judging by 38 senior public relations and communications practitioners, the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) has announced 25 finalists for the 2019 awards.

A round of applause to ANZ, Queenstown Airport Corporation, Genesis and Pet Refuge.

Australian charity product organisation Thankyou has launched its latest Kiwi campaign, combining that fact that 100 percent of its profit goes towards helping end global poverty with its use of perfume-grade botanical oils in its products.

Everything is energy according to a new campaign for Genesis by Shine, that gives the intangible idea of energy a tangible definition.

Queenstown Airport Corporation – which manages both Queenstown and Wanaka Airports – has launched a new brand showcase with Shotover Media called ‘Why Do We Fly?’.

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