Republik and Fuji Xerox brought a bit of creativity to the world of digital printing a couple of years back with its impressive Fujikistan campaign, which won a host of awards and helped sell plenty of colour presses. And the pair have continued that trend with an impressive aviation-themed campaign to launch its wide format range of digital printing presses.

Auction website TradeMe has launched self-service ad platform Local Ads, aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses.

TV3’s ‘competitive current affairs’ show The Vote discussed whether Auckland was sucking the life out of New Zealand this week. Throng.co.nz’s Regan Cunliffe wasn’t too impressed and wrote a post entitled ‘when whoring for ratings doesn’t work’. And he copped an earful on Twitter from the two stars of the show, Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner.

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

A crowd-sourced campaign to stop the GCSB bill, which would grant the Government greater surveillance powers over New Zealand residents and citizens, has reached its funding goal on PledgeMe.

PopPress remembers a time when it tried to find out what Kelloggs’ LCMs stood for. It remains a mystery to this day and it may never be solved. But does it matter what an acronym actually stands for? Phone maker HTC doesn’t think so and it’s launched a massive (supposedly $1 billion) Here’s to Change campaign starring Robert Downey Jr that says it can mean whatever you want it to mean, whether that’s Humongous Tinfoil Catamaran, Hipster Troll Carwash or Hot Tea Catapult.

These days the idea of New Zealandness is a dime a dozen in advertising. But it certainly wasn’t always that way, with British accents and values typically being favoured in the nation’s early television advertising. ​Colenso’s ‘Who are we’ campaign for BNZ in 1990 is widely regarded as one of the first to “consciously reflect a distinctive New Zealand identity”. And for the first time that full series is available to view online.

Roger Federer is good at a lot of things: tennis, making boatloads of money and not really sweating much on court. But he’s not too highly regarded for his acting skills, as this groaner for Lindt shows. But through the wonders of modern technology, help might be at hand for those agencies hoping to get sports stars to better endorse brands. It’s certainly assisted NBA star Blake Griffin’s commercial skills.

Most productivity apps attempt to organise one part of your life–work, your personal life, your finances. Bento for iPad is a database that doesn’t make that distinction, but rather encourages you to do a little bit of everything.

Australians are renowned for their dignity, manners and good grace. So it’s no surprise to see a bunch of ex-Wallabies erecting a billboard that offers the All Blacks a warm welcome to Australia for the Bledisloe Cup.

Telecom and Vodafone both announced today that Telecom has dropped court proceedings against Vodafone, after the latter’s SuperNet advertising ruffled some feathers.