AUCKLAND, Monday: Sky and DDB Aotearoa are encouraging Kiwis to celebrate their fondness for unsolicited sporting opinions and advice ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Contagion launches 1st Universal Homes campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Freeman’s Bay-based full-service indie Contagion and Universal Homes has launched its first brand campaign since winning the account in March.
Coast + Go Media take Top 500 to the streets
AUCKLAND, Today: NZME’s Coast audio network has teamed up with independent outdoor media provider Go Media to supercharge “one of the most successful audio promotions – the best song of all-time countdown”.
Federation wins Massey University pitch
AUCKLAND, Monday: Independent agency Federation has been appointed lead creative agency for Massey University after a four-way competitive pitch for brand, integrated campaigns and media. The incumbent was FCB.
Casino Royale
AUCKLAND, Sunday: “It’s easier to run a business than a country,” reckons Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur in the latest edition of the newspaper.
Staff numbers up at VMLY&R
AUCKLAND, Today: VMLY&R has bolstered its Auckland and Wellington bases with six recent appointments across creative, client service, social and digital.
The Human Touch
MT MAUNGANUI, Thursday: “Don’t get stuck on chatbots and automation, say hello to a real human and personalised service” – that’s the theme of a new brand campaign by Wave Comms (based in Bay of Plenty) and leading insurance broker Aon.
Run showcases the Spirit of Rotorua
AUCKLAND, Today: Māori-owned independent creative agency Run has launched a new campaign for Rotorua Economic Development, running over the next three months across digital, busbacks, billboards, street posters, social and press.
NZ ad market returns to pre-Covid levels
AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s media agency market returned to its levels of pre-Covid adspend in May following a record 67.4% increase in year-on-year adspend, with the new total now 3.7% above the level seen in May 2019.
ANZ, TBWA tech-tap
AUCKLAND, Thursday: A clever piece of tech, a simple tap and the desire to succeed come together in the latest TBWA\NZ ANZ campaign that’s helping Kiwis to show their support for the NZ athletes at the upcoming Olympic & Paralympic Games.







