AUCKLAND, Saturday: Not everybody’s a fan of the current Air NZ TV campaigns: “Please Air NZ – stick to your core business,” wrote “a long-haul pilot” to the Weekend Herald letters column.
Arrivals & Departures: Carat lures MBM digital leader
Arrivals & Departures: Two welcomes, one fond exit
HAMILTON, Today: Two newcomers and one “sadly missed” at Waikato’s premium creative advertising agency KingSt.
Colenso, WiTH, Shine, 99, justONE, Affinity ID, FCB, YoungShand, BC&F/D make the shortlist
AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ Direct Marketing Association has this morning named the finalists for the NZDM Awards to be held in February. The finalists include Colenso BBDO, WiTH Collective, Shine, 99, justONE, Affinity ID, FCB, YoungShand, BC&F, and Dentsu.
DNA reboots Wellington Advent Calendar
WELLINGTON, Today: Auckland & Wellington-based digital agency DNA, with their client the Wellington Regional Development Agency, have released the 2018 edition of the popular Wellington Advent Calendar.
Shredding the endless summer
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Jordan Griffin surfboards have quite a reputation, say the people at Proof photographic agency, by way of introducing the latest work from local photographer Bas van Est.
Clemenger Group merges Sapien & Perceptive to provide new level of customer insights
WELLINGTON, Thursday: Leading customer intelligence agency Perceptive has announced a planned merger with behavioural science specialists Sapien. The combined strength of the two Clemenger Group agencies is intended to lead to a new level of exceptional customer insights and behavioural research for their clients.
Commercial radio turns up the volume
AUCKLAND, Today: NZME has retained the No 1 position in the Auckland market, according to the latest research out of GfK independent commercial radio survey.
Kiwibank creative agency partnerships up for pitch (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: Kiwibank has announced a December deadline for new agency partners make their pitch (scroll down for the link) and said it is “casting its net far and wide” for creative agencies to support the next phase of its growth.
MediaWorks merges with QMS Global
AUCKLAND, Today: MediaWorks and Sydney-based QMS Media Limited have entered into a heads of agreement for a proposed merger of QMS Media’s New Zealand out-of-home, production and digital media business, and MediaWorks’ radio, TV and digital business.