For our next issue of NZ Marketing magazine (on sale in June), we’re getting in on the listicle action by selecting the best of the bunch in the media business. While the editorial team puts their heads together to figure out who and what comes out on top, we need avid readers with their fingers on the pulse to vote for their favourite magazines, TV shows, radio brands, media companies, visionaries and more. Voting closes 6 June.

Pedigree is bringing dogs and their owners closer together by highlighting their shared passion for food.

It’s the 10 year anniversary of Stickman for Pak’nSave, and Foodstuffs has released an ad to celebrate the milestone.

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

Dominic (Dom) Quin is joining the Foodstuffs New Zealand team as group general manager of marketing and customer experience, replacing Steve Bayliss who is leaving after seven years with the company.

At first glance, the release of MediaWorks’ financial figures this week shows an organisation treading water but slowly moving upwards towards the dry land of profitability. On the surface, a net loss after tax of $5.7 million is not the result hoped for but with the perspective of a loss in the previous year of $14.8 million, the progress is significant.

Mazda and 99 are continuing to brandish the brawny BT-50 ute, showcasing its multiple uses from beach trips to boat transport and transporting beastly trevally.

A round of applause for Fisher & Paykel, Mazda, Monteith’s, and Scapegrace.

Industry happenings at Raydar, Weta Workshops and Reload & Smoke.

Fisher & Paykel and Alt Group have released a TVC the unveils a new range of kitchen and laundry appliances and cements the brand’s spot as a premium globally renowned brand.

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

Phantom Billstickers is showing its support for New Zealand Music Month with a series of #MusiciansOfAotearoa posters featuring up-and-coming and underground artists.

Creative shop EightyOne has appointed Chris Bleackley as creative director. While Bleackley has long been part of the picture at EightyOne, he’s now joined to take the helm and is helping to run the ship.

To showcase the talents of its design community, Idealog magazine teamed up with Blunt and Generator to launch the Blunt + Idealog + Generator Umbrella Experiment. I asked Kiwis to submit an umbrella design and winner Bonnie Brown of Studio Bon will now see her design turned into a limited edition Blunt umbrella. Watch this space for details on how to buy one in the near future, or get your pre-order in now. In the meantime, we chat with Brown and have a closer look at her winning design.

To celebrate its 150th anniversary, Monteith’s has released ‘Brewed for Right Now’, a campaign by Colenso BBDO watching how its brews have ingrained themselves in Kiwis lives. We speak to DB marketing director Sean O’Donnell and Colenso executive creative director Dan Wright about how the campaign showcases the brand’s heritage while moving it into the future.

It was April last year Martin Yeoman and Jamie Hitchcock announced their departure from Assignment Group to start their own agency The Enthusiasts. They’ve since gone on to pick up project work for Ti Ora tea from JDE (formerly Brew Group), 2degrees, 1Above and Al Brown’s Fresh Catch, and clients including 3 Wise Men and Goodman Fielder. Earlier this year, they sat down with NZ Marketing to reflect on the year that’s been and how their history in the industry is carving their future.