DDB NZ has announced the appointment of Chris Willingham as managing director.

Fair to say, Spark is more than a telco. In recent years, it’s transitioned into the music space, sports, and business support. This evolution has been accompanied by a digital transformation and at the Adobe Symposium, Erin McKenzie sat down with data powered customer engagement lead Lena Jenkins to talk about Spark’s tech and people-focused core.

AA has taken to the radio waves for its latest AA Smartfuel campaign via Rainger & Rolfe, with a playful warning about the distracting nature of its offers.

Sixty-two years after its first edition, New Zealand’s naturist magazine – gonatural – has seen it all. From censorship and explicit status, to countless volunteers putting together the magazine four times a year in earnest. Caitlin Salter talks to current editor Michael P Moore about how this labour of love has managed to stay afloat.

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Qrious has partnered with Adobe to deliver data-powered customer engagement solutions using Adobe Experience Cloud for New Zealand companies.

To ensure the new long-term brand platform for New World was a success, everybody in the company needed to chip in. The final product is a result of a collaboration between Foodstuffs, 99, ColensoBBDO, Fish and justONE.

Magazine Publishers Association executive director Pip Elliot has announced she will leave the position in December.

NZME and Go Media have entered a sales partnership that will see the out-of-home company’s media solutions be included in the media company’s multi-platform offering.

Transgender rights are coming further into the spotlight as trans individuals speak out on the importance of recognition and support from their community. Now, progressive company Lush Cosmetics has announced its new Transgender Visibility campaign launching today.

Earlier this year, we asked industry insiders to share their thoughts on the challenges and changes facing marketing. Hear what they had to say and their solutions to some of the problems.

A round of applause for ASB, White Ribbon and Tower Insurance.

ASB is celebrating the nearly half a million Kiwi kids who have been taught life-saving first aid skills through the ASB St John in Schools programme with a new campaign.

Most men aren’t violent, but all it takes for bad things to happen is for good people to do nothing. This year, White Ribbon is asking men to ‘stand up’ and protect against violence by taking an online pledge and making a commitment to one of eight actions.

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WWF has appointed FCB as its new creative partner – after years without a formal agency on the ground in New Zealand. FCB won the business following an informal pitch process and will provide the organisation with communication strategy and creative services.

Regardless of what life throws at them, Tower Insurance promises to help customers continue their daily routines with minimal fuss in its latest campaign.

YouTube has conducted new audience research in New Zealand with the help of Ipsos and TNS. The team conducted 750 surveys and 15 in-home ethnographic interviews around the country, to better understand how and why people spend time on YouTube.

Electricity company Powershop’s latest campaign lets Kiwis be in charge with interactive street posters.