Last night, Auckland’s Langham Hotel was taken over by advertising and marketing folk eager to celebrate the country’s most effective marketing campaigns at the 2017 NZ Effie Awards. Near 200 entries had been whittled down to 100 finalists before the best of the best were invited to the stage to bask in bronze, silver and gold. Here’s the low down of who won what.
From a dairy-centric slam poetry film to a high-tech scale that scans RFID chips in farm animals, to a new government website combatting cyber-crime, to an exhibition space housing Aotearoa’s iconic constitutional documents, the best in New Zealand Design for 2017 has been revealed.
A panel of 150 judges scrutinised the entries and selected just under 100 finalists across 17 categories for this year’s edition of the Effie Awards.
Last night, under blue lights and a surrounding of ice sculptures, New Zealand’s marketing community came together to uncover the marketing strategies that lie beneath impressive results and celebrate the winner of the 26th TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards.
Last night, under a collection of aviation aircraft in the MOTAT Aviation Hall, the magazine industry gathered to celebrate the achievements of its products and people at the 2017 Magazine Media Awards. Among the winners, it was Bauer that collected the most certificates, while Tangible Media and Fairfax followed.
It might not be the sexiest part of the industry, but producing an effective annual report remains a tricky creative challenge. It is, after all, a case of turning financial figures and corporate commentary into something that people want to read. And if the recent International ARC Awards are anything to go by, then this is a challenge that few are quite as adept at addressing as Insight Creative.
Stihl, Kathmandu, Flooring Xtra and Noel Leeming were among the Kiwi retailers recognised for their “impeccable” catalogues and letterbox marketing campaigns at the Australasian Catalogue Association Awards on Friday.
Finalists have been announced for this year’s Best Design Awards. As always, they’re a pretty talented bunch.
The Magazine Publishers Associations has announced the 123 finalists across 16 publishers vying for glory at this year’s Magazine Media Awards.
The photographers snapping away at the Langham captured the glory and the banter of another great night in New Zealand marketing history.
Leading the way at the finalist stage of the TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards is Auckland Transport/AT Metro, which has been recognised as a finalist nine times, followed by Lion Breweries with six nods, and Loyalty NZ and ANZ both on five. VTNZ and Air New Zealand are also in the running with four finalist entries apiece.
Little Giant founder Mark Hurley was recently selected as one of the 17 finalists in this year’s edition of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards. We chat to him about starting an agency despite having no industry experience, hiring the right staff and ensuring that his business has the legs to make it through all the disruption blowing through the landscape.
As Cannes wrapped up over the weekend, local agencies Colenso BBDO, DDB and Y&R pulled in their final Lions across the Creative Effectiveness, Integrated, Film and Radio categories.
DDB, Colenso BBDO and Y&R NZ are all in the running as the finalists for the Radio, Film Craft, Film and Creative Effectiveness are announced.
The good run continued on day four, with Kiwi agencies landing a gold and a silver.
Colenso BBDO has picked up its third gold Lion overnight, while DDB and FCB also had reason to celebrate having each picked up a Bronze.
Overnight, the next round of winners and finalists at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity were announced and there were again a number of New Zealand agencies in the mix.
With Cannes kicking off over the weekend, New Zealand agencies are set to fill their suitcases with Lions and already celebrating is Colenso BBDO, which has scored a Gold Lion in Cannes Health and Wellness category for its Fonterra ‘Milk Slams’ campaign.
Last night, New Zealand’s radio royalty moved from behind the microphone to Auckland’s Shed 10 to celebrate the best of a platform that shows no sign of slowing down.
While we celebrated Queen’s Birthday with a long weekend, Y&R was revelling over a Grand Effie win at the 2017 North American Effie Awards for ‘The McWhopper Proposal’.
Last night, the best of New Zealand’s PR practitioners were recognised at the PRINZ Awards Gala Dinner where Campbell Squared Communications and Resolve Communications shared the Supreme Award for work that’s had a positive impact on their respective communities.
Last night, among the historical aeroplanes on display at the Motat Aviation Hall, the digital advertising specialists of our industry were acknowledged at the inaugural IAB Awards dinner.
The business of journalism might be under the threat, but the ability of the nation’s journalists to tell stories that matter remains unscathed. Here’s a rundown of winners for the 2017 Canon Media Awards.
There’s more to marketing than what meets the eye. And for this year’s edition, the judges want to hear about the things we do not often see; the things that lie beneath – and inform – the execution.
FCB Media successfully defended its title as it was again declared Media Agency of the Year. Here’s a rundown of how the evening went.
Two teams of young local creatives will be jetting off to Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity to represent New Zealand in the next round of the Young Lions competition after Val Morgan New Zealand announced the winners of its National Young Lions competition at an awards show last week.
Last night in London, local agencies showed off their talent at the D&AD Awards to win 12 pencils, including five Graphite Pencils and seven Wood.
Colenso BBDO and Barnes, Catmur & Friends Dentsu had plenty to celebrate over the weekend after being included in APAC Effie Awards winners were announced. Both agencies received recognition on the international stage and ‘Brewtroleum’ stole the night by winning the coveted Grand Effie.
Finalists of Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) annual industry awards have been announced to give recognition to those producing excellent work in the industry.
The finalists for the 2017 CAANZ Beacon Awards have been announced and with 18 nominations each, it looks like it’ll be FCB Media and MediaCom battling it out on the night.