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The Ministry of Education, FCB and a goat tackle bullying
The Ministry of Education is taking on bullying with ‘Oat the Goat’, a prevention initiative and interactive campaign by FBC.
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Spark consolidates Skinny account under Colenso BBDO’s roof
Colenso BBDO has been appointed as the lead creative agency for mobile and broadband provider Skinny.
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Holden continues its shift away from Westies and granddads with focus on modern explorers
Holden has been on a mission to shift perceptions of the brand and appeal to a broader range of drivers, particularly females, with its array of cars. And its latest campaign to launch the new Commodore, the model the brand has become synonymous with, is focusing on ‘modern explorers’.
Opinion
Cambridge Analytica and the good old art of storytelling
So the Trump Facebook drama has finally sunk data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. In some respects, although it does sound odd to say it, I sort of feel sorry for them given how little real evidence there is that their Trump campaign had anywhere near the level of influence on the US election it is being accused of having.
StopPress exclusives
Air New Zealand flies home with April Ad Impact Award
Another month, another round of ads and in April, it was Air New Zealand that stood out to win the Colmar Brunton Ad Impact award.
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Southern Cross Health Society wants Kiwis to live their healthiest lives
Southern Cross Health Society is encouraging Kiwis to take a break from the busy and take their lives back in a new brand platform by True and MBM.
Partner articles
What keeps me up at night: Colenso BBDO’s Mylene Ong
Colenso BBDO head of strategy Mylene Ong discusses what keeps her up at night as a part of a series in conjunction with Tech Futures Lab.
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Nigella Lawson goes one hundred years into Whittaker’s past
Nigella Lawson is back on the screens for Whittaker’s and in this spot, she’s taken a step back in time to where it all started and how it got to where it is today—two new caramel products.
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Netflix and cheat: Spark provides a confession space for Netflix cheaters
It’s a trend that’s showing no sign of slowing—Netflix cheating, or more specifically, watching a show ahead of the person or people you’re supposed to be watching with. To help Netflix cheaters make things right, Spark and Colenso BBDO have created a website giving the self-indulgent and guilty characters a space to confess and apologise for their behaviour.
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Vodafone and FCB call on Kiwis to sleep in to help cancer research
Vodafone DreamLab, which launched in New Zealand last week, is encouraging people to donate their phone’s processing power to help fast-track cancer research. In a campaign by FCB, it’s showing Kiwis all they need to do is download the DreamLab app and turn it on while their phones charge overnight.
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Voyager Media Awards 2018: Weekend Herald continues to dominate
On Friday night, journalists from around the country gathered to celebrate excellence in their practice – and there was plenty on show, with 355 finalists across 68 categories. The big winners on the night were The Weekend Herald and the New Zealand Herald’s Matt Nippert.
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Beacons 2018: PHD Media, FCB and MediaWorks clean up in successful and slightly smoky night
Last night, a sell-out crowd of just under 1000 keen New Zealand media personalities came together for the 2018 Commercial Communications Council Beacon Awards, in association with NZME. In what was a celebration of the industry’s best work from the past year, the Viaduct Events Centre turned it on as the media industry leered up for the annual celebration.
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Listen: Laura Maxwell on NZME’s venture into recruitment, automotive and property
We sit down with NZME’s chief digital officer Laura Maxwell to talk about Driven, YUDU, and OneRoof platforms.
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MediaWorks continues its redesign with two senior appointments
MediaWorks has appointed Dave Hine as chief digital officer and Glen Kyne to chief customer officer. The moves reflects a redesign in the business ensuring its digital offerings, user environment and client experience is at the core.
Partner articles
Starting the conversation: Adestra talks onboarding new subscribers
Adestra takes a look at how to build a customer database of emails and optimise it for the best results.
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TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards 2018: Entries close in one week, see the new (and improved) categories
With just one week to get your entry in for the 2018 TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards, make sure you’re up to date with the new sector, excellence and individual awards, including Best In-House Marketing and Long-Term Agency Partnership.
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Bringing to life a magazine: get your tickets to Idealog’s Design Event featuring Peter Haythornthwaite, Sam Ramlu, Carin Wilson and more
Idealog’s Design Series Event is fast approaching, and will feature talks from design deity Peter Haythornthwaite, Method Agency’s managing director Sam Ramlu, craftsman, sculptor and educator Carin Wilson, and RCG’s associate director Andy Florkowski, live painting from up-and-coming artist Jake Feast, as well as the grand reveal of the winner of our Blunt + Generator Umbrella experiment. With just over a week to go, now is a great time to get tickets.
Opinion
What’s the big deal with the octopus?
On Wednesday night, a tight bunch of industry types gathered together at Thievery to celebrate the launch of a book. That’s right, a book. If you’ve never met one of those, it’s a bit like an app, but you swipe in a more linear fashion and it doesn’t fit in your phone.
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Radio Awards 2018: Mike Hosking takes talk crown, Mai FM top of the pops
Last night, the country’s top radio talent ventured to Auckland’s Shed 10 to celebrate the best in the business at the NZ Radio Awards. And the big winners on the night were Mai FM and Mike Hosking, winning Station of the Year – Network and Best Talk Presenter – Breakfast or Drive.
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The Compendium: 11 May
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
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Mother’s Day 2018: Who is sending commercial messages of love
Lotto, Hell Pizza, Spark and Lewis Road Creamery give a nod to the matriarchs of the nation.
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Y&R adds Burger King’s creative to its roster
Y&R has added Burger King’s creative to its roster, in a move that sees the fast food brand consolidate its media and creative agencies under one roof.
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Radio results: RNZ National audience in third place, station remains king of news
Radio New Zealand’s radio results are out, and RNZ National has dropped into third place for its weekly cumulative audience behind The Edge and The Breeze.
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Electrolux Vacuums NZ and Filip introduce the Pure i9 robotic vacuum
Electrolux Vacuums NZ has brought back its fanboy Filip to promote the new Pure i9 robotic vacuum.
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Ads of the week: 8 May
A round of applause for Southern Cross Travel Insurance, Speight’s, Tourism New Zealand, Flooring Xtra and I Love Ugly.
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Watties lets it rip in new campaign
Watties has launched its new 50 percent less sugar campaign, reassuring consumers that its baked beans and spaghetti are gassier, yummier and messier than ever.
Opinion
Musings on the state of New Zealand media through an American lens
Voyager CEO Seeby Woodhouse takes a look at how local media companies are performing compared to their US peers.
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A virtual test drive: Mazda opens immersive retail showroom
The way consumers are spending is constantly evolving, to reflect that, Mazda has switched to target the new ‘experience preferring’ generation with an automotive retail experience centre.
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Kids lecture on life and passion for I Love Ugly campaign
Clothing brand I Love Ugly has released a new campaign featuring pint-size kids dishing out some hard love and sassy advice about life.