The NZ EFFIE Awards finalists have been announced. Coming up trumps this year is DDB with 10 nominees. Colenso BBDO has nine but counting entries by Clemenger BBDO and Colenso & AIM Proximity makes the group total 14. Saatchi fares well with nine offerings in the ring. There are also multiple …
On a billboard, that is. For this month only, the hot Hollywood actress of Cuban extraction graces outdoor supersites for Calvin Klein ‘Body’ jeans. Be warned of traffic and pedestrian congestion outside Wellington’s Manners Mall and the corner of Parnell Rise and Stanley St in Auckland. Miss September never …
So you’ve made a machine that turns earwax into gold, created an odourless blue cheese or perhaps designed a sudoku toilet roll (too late, that’s already been done) – whatever your Big Idea is, pitch it to The Icehouse and you could win $15,000 worth of prizes, including …
After its inception in the US 13 years ago, iProspect launches in New Zealand. The company claims to be the ‘Original® Search Engine Marketing Firm’ that pioneered the practice of search engine optimisation and analysing online click-through data to increase ROI.
iProspect NZ is the company’s 21st global office …
Since its inception in New York in 1968, the pseudo-acronym has become synonymous with the most effective and creative TV advertising the industry has to offer. See all the finalists here.
Mark your diaries on Thursday 8 October for the biggest annual bash for ad agencies. The formal ceremony will …
So you think you can take a photo? If the New Zealand Geographic judges think so, you could win $1000 cash! But your entries need to be in by 10pm, Sunday 13 September.
The categories are Wildlife, Landscape and Culture, and from those entries prizes will be given for Inspirational …
The Communications Agencies Association of NZ (CAANZ) has partnered with Vodafone to champion mobile marketing and “celebrate creativity and effectiveness in the mobile channel,” says Vodafone mobile marketing manager, Simon Neal. “It is a young and evolving channel, and presents a tremendous and very unique opportunity for brands to engage …
InWaiting has just signed up Labtests to display InWaiting advertising in all 52 of their sites throughout Auckland. Labtests has recently taken over from Diagnostic MedLab as preferred supplier for diagnostic testing in the Auckland region. Their waiting rooms are forecast to see around 59,000 visitors per week. InWaiting …
A bad-taste ad doing the rounds on the web last week showed several planes crashing into a burning World Trade Centre and compared it to the number of lives lost in the 2005 tsunami. It was for the World Wildlife Fund and was made by DDB Brazil.
But …
It’s a smart idea that makes so much sense – show off all your clients’ products in one glitzy gallery for the media and industry bods to peruse and play with.
The concept is the brainchild of ex-Mojo PR managing partner, Jacqui Ansin. Ansin left Mojo less than four months …
Got charisma? A passion for creativity? Direct marketing in your bones? The AIM Proximity CEO role is up for grabs.
Former CEO Darryn Melrose will be leaving at the end of the month after a six-year tenure. Interim CEO, Jim Moser (CEO Clemenger Group), is sad to see Melrose go …
The Designers Institute of New Zealand (DINZ) has the BeST Design Awards finalists on its website. The awards acknowledge the country’s best graphic, product and spatial design over 29 categories.
A record-breaking 590 entries were received this year, the most the awards has seen in its 21-year history. DINZ …
Fresh from The Media Counsel this week: How Kiwis really feel about the recession. Are we cheap when it comes to wine? In Brazil, branding is everything, especially on radio stations. E-tailers discounting luxury items are working through exclusive WOM markets in the US. One man’s recession is another …
Ladies, A Plate has taken out the Best Book award at the PANZ Book Design Awards. Designed by Alan Deare from Inhouse Design, it also won the Best Illustrated Book. The home-baking bible, by Alexa Johnston, appealed to the judges not because it was “particularly flashy, nor particularly ‘designer’. It …
How’s your digital fitness? Are you struggling with sit-ups when you could be burning fat and reinventing yourself on a super-duper cross trainer? Digital marketing is here to stay and it’s about time you learnt all the tools to create a brand presence on the web that lasts …
See ya Y&R, hello Sugar. BNZ has appointed Sugar as its new agency with their media partner SparkPHD.
Even though Y&R have been delivered some “great work” in the last four years, BNZ head of brand, Jo Kelly, says “we’re entering a new phase of our business …
Dean Spanley was a big winner at the 2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards, taking out the gongs for Best Feature Film (budget over $1m), Best Screenplay and Best Director for Toa Fraser, who couldn’t make it to the ceremony as he was on Maui doing yoga. In his …
Award highlights
FilmQantas Best Feature Film – budget over $1 million Dean SpanleyBest Feature Film – budget under $1 million The Topp Twins Untouchable GirlsBest Director in a Feature Film (budget under and over $1 million) Toa Fraser, Dean SpanleyBest Lead Actor in a Feature Film Scott Wills …
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Plenty of buzz about the Sky Tower coning this morning.
We can tell you that it was the work of Colenso for the energy drink V.
“All will be revealed on TV on Sunday,” says a Colenso insider.
UPDATE: Here’s the link to the site
It was …
Well done peeps! Get our tweets on the Film and TV award winners Saturday night.
News and Current Affairs Categories
Best News CameraJared Mason – One News, US Election: McCain Campaign (TV One)
Finalists: James Marshall – Breakfast, Skifield Prepares to Open (TV One)Cameron Williams – 3 News, Anzac Day in …
In a New Zealand first, StopPress has collected all the week’s most expensive TVCs into one handy place: here. Why? Not because they’re good. Some (arise, Sir Harvey Norman) are something else. But hey, when you’re spending so much so often, it pays for us to listen …
Who by: DDB New ZealandWho for: Starship FoundationWhy we like it: Makes us blubber
David Walden, president of CAANZ, says TVNZ’s ‘review’ of commission structures is a thinly disguised move to improve its margins.
“As far as CAANZ is concerned, this is a TVNZ initiative aimed at improving its financial performance,” he writes in a formal response from CAANZ.
TVNZ claims the industry …
Comments on the NZ Internet Awards story has prompted an investigation of the Onyas, the other web industry awards. The Onyas have 11 categories, focusing on web application as well as design and content. The awards are produced by the good folk at Webstock, who help people improve their websites …
Celsias gives Kiwis the ability to take action on climate change and build a community-led response. In addition to a daily blog, the site features a variety of tools to share information, form discussions, start projects and swap success stories.
According to Nielsen Media Research, 80 per cent of small …
Advertisers and marketers are readressing the value of good old-fashioned word-of-mouth referrals and increasing budgets in this area are reflecting this change. So how can WOM be better used to boost sales and drive awareness, retention and brand loyalty?
When Josh Bernoff, vice president of Proctor and Gamble, recently announced …
Good news for petrolheads—Auto Salon magazine will launch in New Zealand in October. Privately owned Adrenalin Publishing has licensed the rights from across the ditch to produce the Kiwi version, combining Aussie, international and local content.
Adrenalin has somewhat hogged the motoring sector—its stable of seven includes NZ4WD …
New Zealand’s estimated 20,000 iPhone owners can now access the Yellow business directory. The Yellow iPhone app is free to download from the App Store. It uses the iPhone’s GPS and Google Maps to locate businesses and give you walking or driving directions on how to get …
Following Adshel’s raining bus shelter to promote KidsCan Trust over telethon weekend, the company has put art on the streets of Christchurch. The Bus.Stop. project features colourful works by Korean artist Sukjoon Jang in several bus shelters. Jang’s work likes light and Adshel’s advertising light boxes …