AUCKLAND, Today: The final hurdle has been cleared for this year’s Effie hopefuls, with the Comms Council revealing the 2026 Effie Awards Aotearoa finalists, in association with TVNZ. The shortlist brings together... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Special Australia swept the top honours at Friday’s 2026 APAC Effie Awards, winning the Grand Effie for Uber’s Get Almost Almost Anything. The agency was also named Agency of the... Read More
Marketers are wasting money on useless social media campaigns because they believe Facebook, Instagam and Twitter are a “cooler” way to advertise than traditional, more effective media such as print or TV,... Read More
Following the heartstring-tugging tale of Peter & the Rabbit in the 2015 BP brand campaign, Ogilvy has created the next iteration of My BP Story, which continues to put everyday people at... Read More
Paul Head’s introduction to Thursday night’s Axis Awards was short, but it was quite long enough for the CAANZ ceo to point out the great changes taking place in Axis this year... Read More
Parnell-based creative indie Rainger & Rolfe set out to capture the bravery of Kiwi kids with cancer for this year’s Child Cancer Foundation annual appeal. Read More
New Zealand copywriter/CD Craig Love has just moved back to New Zealand after eight years working in Asia, most recently as Regional CD at Y&R Hong Kong. Read More
Axis night was a big one for AUT Adschool graduates Deborah Chae & Kieran Buchan, who took out the Student Axis for their Lightbox video streaming campaign. AUT won this same award... Read More
NZ has five professional campaigns – plus one student campaign – through to the finals of the Sydney-based global YoungGuns Awards. Read More
The Sweet Shop was crowned Production Company of the Year at Axis last week – the fifth consecutive year the company has won NZ’s top film accolade. Read More
At a sell-out event at the Axis Awards at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland last night, emceed by very funny comedienne Urzila Carlson, 800 advertising types came together to celebrate the... Read More
Fashion Quarterly editor Sally-Ann Mullin will select the winners for tonite’s inaugural FQ Best Dressed competition at the Axis Awards at the Viaduct Events Centre. Read More