AUCKLAND, Saturday: Professional clown Joseph Brosnahan, who famously accompanied FCB NZ copywriter Josh Thompson to his redundancy meeting, has now added a new string to his bow – emotions adviser to the All Blacks and their followers.
Healthy Food Guide chops print edition
AUCKLAND, Friday: The November issue of Healthy Food Guide magazine – the top-selling food title in NZ – will be the last one in print. After nearly 15 years in operation, the brand will continue online.
Digital retail ads – so bad they’re good?
AUCKLAND, Saturday: NZ digital advertising pioneer Duncan Shand says the plethora of terrible digital advertising in this country “comes down to two things”.
Worthington on hand for DiCaprio launch
AUCKLAND, Today: HBO’s feature-length doco Ice on Fire played to climate-conscious marketers at a special screening hosted recently by solar-energy company Sunergise NZ and The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.
Building from the ground up: The state of martech in NZ
AUCKLAND, Today: By Adobe ANZ MD Suzanne Steele: Three things are essential to delivering exceptional customer experiences in today’s experience economy: Technology, talent, and data.
Patrick Gower scores high numbers
AUCKLAND, Today: Kiwis turned up in droves to watch Three’s two-part doco series Patrick Gower: On Weed. An impressive 794,200 5+ tuned in, with 412,500 sitting in the key 25-54 demographic.
Not just a Lotto ad
AUCKLAND, Today: In June, DDB released a new Lotto Powerball tvc, Lost, which quickly became a favourite NZ ad. But now Lotto has revealed that the production was much more than a commercial – it was actually a ticket.
What’s new for the Epica Awards 2019?
PARIS, Today: Mark Tungate, the tireless director of the Epica Awards, has written a Q+A for M+AD. And – true journo to the core – he even wrote his own questions. (M+AD ed David Gapes is on the jury for Epica 2019.)
The TAB says Hello to RWC
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The TAB has appointed creative indie agency Hello after a competitive pitch process for their Rugby World Cup campaign, Try Time (scroll down for the tvc link).
The Godfather of Effectiveness puts pen to paper (Updated)
SYDNEY, Today: The Australian Communications Council has launched a “groundbreaking” report into ad effectiveness – part-authored by UK adman Peter Field, who visited Auckland recently (as guest of the NZ Comms Council) to speak about Long-Term Brand Building (scroll down for the link to the NZ video, introduced by Paul Head).
