Opinion
Year in Review: Paul Millward, DB Breweries
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what Paul Millward, sales director at DB Breweries, has to say.
Opinion
Year in Review: Jens Hertzum, TVNZ Blacksand
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what Jens Hertzym, executive creative director at TVNZ Blacksand, has to say.
Opinion
Year in Review: Daz and Ast, Flava
Every year, StopPress asks players in the local industry for their reflections on the marketing year that was. Here’s what Darryl-Mathew Suasua and Astley Nathan (Daz and Ast) from Flava’s breakfast show have to say.
News
Vodafone moves creative account to DDB
Vodafone has made a new home for its creative account, moving it from FCB to DDB.
News
The Best of StopPress 2018
Before we shut down our computers and leave the StopPress comment section unattended (to a degree) over the Christmas/New Year break, we take a look at the highs and lows from the last 365 days with the top 10 StopPress stories.
Partner articles
Peeling back the layers of successful packaging
Packaging design is a complex web of factors that go far beyond beauty. Award-winning design agency, Milk outlines the key questions to consider when creating packaging.
News
Guyon Espiner moves from Morning Report in RNZ changes
Guyon Espiner is stepping down from RNZ’s Morning Report presenter role next year in a series of radio presenter changes.
News
ThinkTV: How New Zealand’s television collective is tracking nearly one year in
Nine months into Think TV, we ask chairman Glen Kyne to reflect on what New Zealand’s first television collective has achieved in the last year and what we can look forward to in 2019.
News
DDB shines gold and Special Group shines silver at Campaign Agency of the Year 2018 Awards
There was plenty to celebrate last night at the Campaign Agency of the Year 2018 Awards as local agencies took to the stage, with DDB New Zealand and Special Group collecting the most gongs.
StopPress exclusives
New World cooks up a feast to take out November’s Ad Impact Award
November saw another great selection of new adverts but there can only be one winner of the Colmar Brunton Ad Impact Award and this month it is New World with ‘Enjoy Better’.
Partner articles
NZME’s chief executive officer Michael Boggs on the last year of radio and what’s to come
With 2018 coming to an end, StopPress talks to Michael Boggs, NZME’s chief executive officer, about the highs of radio in 2018, including on-air and online performance, as well as what’s in store for NZME’s 2019 offering.
News
The Compendium: 14 December
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
Opinion
Gray Matters: A time for giving, the grey dollar, reputation, digital advertising, young people and Facebook, and wasted ad spend
Graham Medcalf takes a look at the week that was, covering gift giving, 50+ Christmas spending, the tech giants’ share of digital advertising dollars, the move away from Facebook, and extravagant spend increasing credibility.
News
Tourism New Zealand campaign educates on responsible camping
Tourism New Zealand and MBIE have created an integrated campaign directly targeting campers to help educate and encourage responsible camping this summer.
Movings & Shakings
Katie Walton becomes Spark PR & Activate general manager
Spark PR & Activate has promoted Katie Walton to general manager.
News
New Zealand Twitter trends for 2018
A place for sharing news, opinions and pictures of your cat, we take a look at the trends and most tweeted about on New Zealand Twitter for 2018.
Partner articles
Managing brands in an uncertain world
A value is only a value if you’re willing to let it cost you something.
News
TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2018 best utilities/communications: Genesis shines bright
It’s difficult for a company to stand out in a crowded marketplace, and not let itself deteriorate among the pressure of its competitors. While Genesis was beginning to age, it decided to breathe new life and purpose into its brand with incredible results.
Partner articles
The collaborative approach: Woods Agency’s Reuben Woods on tackling the world stage from Tauranga
When Reuben and Melissa Woods started Woods Agency in their spare bedroom in Papamoa Beach back in 2004, they only had one regular client, bedroom furniture company Design Mobel. Fourteen years on, their client list spans the length of New Zealand and into the Pacific Islands. We chat with Reuben about how they built an agency that focuses on developing regional companies into world-class brands.
Features
Rainger and Rolfe on five years of Rainger & Rolfe
Last month, Rainger & Rolfe blew out five candles to top off what managing partner Ant Rainger is calling “the best year yet”. To find out why, StopPress sat down with Rainger and his managing partner Jen Rolfe to reflect on the last five years and what’s to come for the indie.
News
Ads of the Week: 11 December
A round of applause for Lotto NZ, Auckland City Mission and Pak’n Save.
Opinion
Creative Talk with Chris Hancock, Retail Dimension
Creative Talk is with Chris Hancock, General Manager Client Services at RD (Retail Dimension). We talk about the design team, their venture into Australia and how they tackle the mammoth projects.
News
Top 10 websites 2018–UPDATED
Nielsen has released the sites visited by the most New Zealanders this year and it’s no surprise Google and Facebook remain in the top two spots.
Opinion
What’s the difference between creativity and innovation?
Innovation and creativity are two terms that can tend to get muddled when it comes to talking about business. Advertising guru Mike Hutcheson explores the difference between the two.
News
TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2018 best technology: Samsung Electronics NZ
After the global PR disaster of the failed Samsung Note 7, Samsung Electronics NZ’s marketing team wanted to make sure it could communicate directly with customers, and not rely on third-party retailers. We take a look at this year’s best technology.
News
Stuff partners with Māori Television and SkyKiwi
Stuff is set to increase its coverage of stories that matter to Māori and the New Zealand Chinese community through content sharing agreements with Māori Television and SkyKiwi.
News
Ooh Media adds Adshel’s assets to its offer
Adshel’s assets are now being rebranded to Ooh Media, following the two companies merging earlier this year.
News
Radio New Zealand up year-on-year despite summer season drops
Radio New Zealand has achieved year-on-year growth in the last GfK results for 2018 – despite the numbers dropping considerably from previous results this year. StopPress talked with RNZ head of radio and music David Allan about the year that was, and what’s to come in 2019.
Opinion
Gray Matters: Operating an OOH business, the state of TV, mergers, #metoo and a breakfast beer
Graham Medcalf takes a look at the week that was, covering the proposed merger of QMS Media and MediaWorks, TV viewing habits, JWT and Wunderman uniting, the #metoo movement’s impact on advertising, and Kellogg’s teaming up with Hallertau to launch a beer.
News
The Compendium: 7 December
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.