SINGAPORE, Last Night: New Zealand won 47 awards at the Spikes Asia – the second-highest total in the region, after Australia (with 78).
Brand Equity
AUCKLAND, Monday: CSD & sports drinks maker Frucor Suntory has appointed Tania Bui as brand director of CSD PepsiCo brands Pepsi Max, Pepsi, Mountain Dew and 7UP.
Plane Sailing
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Stuff has today launched its second The Paper Planes creative competition, with half a million dollars worth of advertising available to agencies.
Crimes Act
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Discovery New Zealand celebrated the launch of their new channel, Investigation Discovery (ID), today, by sending some dramatic cakes to media, agencies and clients across NZ.
Focus on digital
AUCKLAND, Monday: Marketing agency Digital Commons has welcomed account director Tash Judson to its team. No stranger to New Zealand’s media landscape, Judson has held several account management positions agencyside in Wellington before beginning her sales journey as a multi-media sales specialist at NZME.
Go Media celebrates its foray into programmatic
AUCKLAND, Monday: Go Media with their partner clients took to the Hauraki Gulf at the weekend to celebrate their ability to transact programmatically across their digital roadside network.
AoY blueprint
AUCKLAND, Saturday: Special Group took another full-page ad in the Herald (A2) on Saturday to skite (deservedly) about their recent APAC AoY wins – continuing their unique championing of print since the day the agency started, 13 years back.
Pitch Perfect
AUCKLAND, Today: One important omission from M+AD’s list of Axis Awards shortlisted agencies published on Friday – we missed the 12 finalist spots racked up by indie creative & branding agency Pitchblack Partners.
Special wins in Oz
SYDNEY, Today: Aussie trade rag Campaign Brief has named Special Group as its New Zealand Agency of the Year.
The Shortlist (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: With 113 nods, Colenso BBDO leads the Axis Awards 2021 finalists list – released by the Comms Council last night.
