Lions Health has announced that Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Sir Roger Moore – once known as James Bond 007 – will be joining the jury of industry leaders judging the Young Lions Health Award, a new competition for young creatives and marketers that aims to improve challenges facing health systems in low-income countries.
Urbis Designday packed powerful punch
Urbis Designday 2015 – held last Saturday & Sunday at 20 mind-blowing design outfits that pepper the Auckland city fringes – played out to around 1300 design tourists, mostly Kiwis who work in the sector.
Well-orchestrated collision of creativity
We live in a world full of creative ideas. It takes an eye for detail to spot them, and a love of design to enjoy and share them.
Designstein art raising cash for Vanuatu
Facebook releases new agency resource
Facebook has unveiled two new online educational resources – Blueprint for agencies and clients, and Learn How for small businesses.
DDB creates Big Macs that sing
DDB Group has helped McDonald’s launch a Big Mac that talks, sings, and does sound effects. The first to sample the yak-burger yesterday were customers at McDonald’s Lunn Ave in Mt Wellington.
Valerie Adams shoots ecostore
Four-time world shot put champion Valerie Adams is fronting a new healthy fundraising video developed by ecostore using the humble cake of soap. The video was a collaboration between ecostore, Niki Schuck PR and filmed by Ponsonby-based The Influencers.
Bar-room sermons in prose & verse
The 5th quarterly edition of Cafe Reader – a smart Kiwi take on the classic, handcrafted, limited-edition ’zine format – has hit the streets of Godzone, featuring polished professional essays, bar-room sermons, and “the poet’s fleeting sentiment captured in both word and snapshot”. Rock’n’roll – especially Kiwi R&R – is a recurring theme.
Tourism NZ taps Instagram for Aussie campaign
Tourism New Zealand has turned to Instagram and the Flight Centre to launch the third update of its More Magic Every Day winter campaign to target Australian travellers.
Arrivals & Departures
Raydar bolsters shopper activation: Clemenger’s Grafton-based shopper activation agency Raydar has appointed Paul Dobbin as creative strategist – a key addition to the senior team at Raydar.