Auckland-based research collective Fresh Focus has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 AUT Business School Excellence in Business Support Awards.
justONE breaks six-year hiatus for ITM
1-1/digital agency justONE has launched a new campaign for building supplies specialist ITM, breaking a six-year drought for ITM brand campaigns.
LIA extends deadline
The London International Awards has extended its deadline to Friday 30 June. The winners & finalists will be announced at the awards ceremony in Las Vegas on Wednesday 1 November.
Car salesmen save Adland from bottom billing in Oz
Work in Adland – but your parents tell everyone you work at the local Macca’s? Read on to discover the cause of their shame: A new study into the trustworthiness of 30 different professions in Australia paints a bleak picture of the honesty of people working in the advertising industry, with Adland voted the second least trustworthy profession, only slightly […]
NZ radio celebrates its winners
Forty-seven winners were announced at the 2017 New Zealand Radio Awards at Shed 10 last night. Station of the Year was More FM Canterbury, and the Blackie Award for the best radio moment in 2016 went to somebody called ‘Scotty J Word Insertion’ from Radio Hauraki.
Arrivals & Departures: WiTH unveils ASB CDs
WiTH Collective has appointed award-winning Kiwi creative team Nicole Hetherington & Simon Fowler as creative directors on the ASB account.
Adshel baits virtual tour with juicy TV promo
Outdoor advertising company Adshel has today re-launched its popular ScreenGrab promotion to celebrate the recently announced expansion of its Adshel Live digital network with a further 70 screens, bringing its digital network to 220 sites across New Zealand.
Playboy revisits the ’70s & ’80s
Playboy magazine is not exactly known for its portrayal of diversity and age-inclusiveness – but its latest cover stunt goes quite a long way in repairing that woeful record.
Arrivals & Departures: O’Leary & Nash hand in their cards
Sugar & Partners has lost its two leading creatives – ECD Damon O’Leary and CD Dave Nash are about to end their five-year stint at the agency. “Damon & I have resigned and will depart this Friday,” Nash told M+AD.”
42Below vodka introduces a planet-cleaning eco soap made from that lemon you sucked on
People downunder used to think of 42Below as the funny vodka (reads the blurb from Colenso) … The naughty, irreverent vodka that does and says what no one else would. But what few people realised is that this home-grown vodka also happens to be the purest on the planet, because it’s made in clean, green, super pure New Zealand.