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 …
This Saturday is also a holy day for the School of Theology and Bible Society New Zealand. The organisers are holding a seminar to explore the impact of the internet on Christian communication, marketing and spiritual networking.
A panel of local theologians and Heidi Campbell from Texas A&M University …
Despite admitting it was “a bit unfortunate”, NZ Life and Leisure editor Kate Coughlan stands by the “impeccable” reputation of Fairfax pictures editor, Sybille Hetet.
“We went through the right channels and presumed this was cleared. We have strict processes for use of photos.”
L&L was pilloried by ACP …
Art by Flox Art by ComponentTiger Beer is putting the mobile into marketing to stand out on the streets of Auckland. The backs of ten inner-city buses have been emblazoned with spray-painted stencils by five talented and impossibly cool artists from Cut Collective.
The arty approach is in line …
Marketplace Media, who scooped up three mags—NZ Hardware Journal, Wares NZ and NZ Outdoor Power Equipment—from the 3Media fallout, has appointed Steve Bohling as group editor.
Steve has more than 25 years’ experience in the publishing biz, from editing consumer electronics, hi-fi and car stereo mags in the …
Paul Gummer
Winner of Photographer of the Year at the 2009 EPSON/NZIPP Iris Professional Photography Awards is Paul Gummer, last year’s Creative Photographer winner. Gummer, who also won the landscape category, is a lecturer at the Universal College of Learning (UCOL).
UCOL, with campuses in Palmerston North, Wanganui …
That’s according to the 2009 NZ Internet Awards. At the award ceremony in Wellington last month, Best Business Application went to Xero for its online accounting system, Best Education Product or Service Award was won by digital content directory Digital NZ and the Societal Impact Award went to the …
And now for the goobledegook press release of the week. Try saying it without breathing. Impossible.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – August 25, 2009 – As part of NetApp’s cloud computing news announcements today, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) highlighted its close relationships with industry-leading Information Technology (IT) vendors and enterprise Value Added Resellers …
The millionth Aussie tourist just flew through our customs lounge.
Now the Great Australian Survey company (GAS) wants to spend $A1 million on developing its survey business, partly in the shakey isles.
A member of the Q Group of companies (ASX: QXQ), GAS will spend close to $A1m over the …
Real Groove magazine has a new brand manager, musician Paul Lightfoot, once guitarist for The Mockers in the 80s and last seen doing covers of The Church at Auckland’s PR Bar.
Lightfoot’s past ad manager roles have been with Management mag, Metro and at Prime TV. He’s …
Did anyone listen to Karl Steven’s debut on Kiwi FM on Sunday? The Supergroove frontman hosts The Kiwi House from 5–6pm, with replays on Thursdays at 3pm. He interviews well known Kiwis and they play their favourite tunes. Steven’s first guest was Dave Gibson from ElemenoP, and …
Special has won the Orcon account following a three-way pitch.
It’s a case of underdogs of the word unite. Orcon is the fourth largest telecommunications provider in the country and was first to unbundle broadband for Kiwis. Special is a lean creative agency that doesn’t have a receptionist …