AUCKLAND, Today: Apparently one universe wasn't enough for Paulie the Piñata. 2degrees and TBWA\New Zealand have opened the Data Piñataverse for the campaign's fifth summer outing. What started as a seasonal promotion... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Most backcountry huts offer spectacular views and somewhere to rest your legs. Heineken has gone a little further, adding a beer tap 1,130 metres above sea level in Southland. Welcome... Read More
Leading lifestyle magazine editor Kate Coughlan, who’s purchased NZ Life & Leisure and NZ Lifestyle Block from former publisher Fairfax Magazines, plans to take the titles a step back in time, returning... Read More
Our first Colmar Brunton/M+AD Top 10 of 2016 features almost wall-to-wall favourites from 2015. Lots of new ads debuted earlier this year, so there’s bound to be changes when these kick in... Read More
Dentsu Aegis Network has today announced the acquisition of a majority share in Barnes, Catmur & Friends. DAN (in a release) says the move “establishes creative capability for Dentsu Aegis Network in... Read More
Launched this Leap Day, 29 February (yesterday), Crewed is a new monthly magazine for, by and about the people & tech who keep NZ film & production industry going and the content... Read More
See It Be It, the Cannes Lions initiative supporting and developing the industry’s underrepresented female creatives, is seeking candidates for 2016. Read More
D&AD has added two more headliners – design supremo Sir Paul Smith and President Obama’s design CD Ashleigh Axios – to this year’s speaker line-up, “making a fantastic top five”. Read More
CAANZ has issued the entry call for the 2016 Media Agency of the Year – a division of the Beacon Awards that is entered separately. Read More
Award-winning investigative journalism trio Paula Penfold, Eugene Bingham and Toby Longbottom joined Fairfax Media yesterday. Read More
Paul Henry beat Breakfast in 25-54 for the first time on Wednesday 24 February. The latest MediaWorks Weekly Highlights Report says the show achieved a 1.8 rating/32.8% share vs 1.7 rating/31.5% share... Read More
Southern Cross Health Society has appointed Freemans Bay-based Contagion to work on its new digitally-led marketing strategy. Read More