This year’s ANZ Pride campaign has ballooned with the Ponsonby branch transformed into a very large art installation to celebrate the Auckland Pride Festival.
FIHP ’16 a cracker
A full house of over 500 APN Outdoor clients and ad people rocked Mantells on the Water at Westhaven on Thursday as the Friends In High Places summer party returned for another year with all the hype and splendour that Auckland has come to expect from the franchise.
Baaaack for more
Parnell-based creative agency Ranger & Rolfe has launched a new AA Life Cover campaign and – as expected – retained Ramsey and Lambert as key characters in the story.
Hallenstein Bros demo their hi-performance suit
Hallenstein Brothers has launched its Winter 2016 collection with a campaign shot in Marrakech (Morocco) and the Margham Desert in Dubai. It features French-born extreme athlete Vince Reffet and American actor Sean Ross.
Wanted: beer-drinkers to help save the entire world
Beer-drinkers of New Zealand: In 2015 a true Kiwi invention was born when DB Export brought us DB Export Brewtroleum, a high grade biofuel made from the by-product of beer. This year, DB – with a little help from Colenso BBDO and OMG’s brand-building PR agency Spark PR & Activate, with communications strategy from Spark PHD – is asking us to […]
Full house for Faris Yakob
Around 70 creatives, strategists and marketers braved a steamy mid-summer Auckland night last week to hear celebrated US adman Faris Yakob speak at OMD’s industry update event, Tea & Toast. The venue was the upmarket new Seafarer Members Club restaurant/bar in the Britomart, started in November last year by Shine creatives Lucien Law and Simon Curran.
Parris stars in S&P’s Super Rugby launch
After winning the NZ Rugby competitive creative pitch against Augusto late last year, Sugar&Partners has launched a new campaign, #SUPERBANGBANG. Aiding and abetting S&P was International Choreographer of the Year Parris Goebel (fresh from an ANZ campaign for Whybin).
Arrivals & Departures: NZME taps five
NZME has announced the appointment of five newly created specialist account director roles in Auckland.
Not available at florists
“Here’s a dozen Red ones,” reads the Valentines Card attached to a carton of M+AD’s favourite beverage, left on Ed’s doorstep yesterday.
Going for gold (updated)
Ogilvy has produced a promo for Countdown which will see the chain – sponsors of the NZ Olympic team – send four Kiwis to the Rio Olympics, plus give away $10,000 in gold every day from now Monday 6 March.