Saatchi & Saatchi has created an Electoral Commission Disrupt Inertia campaign, targeting people who do not vote – despite knowing that they should.

NZ Women’s Weekly was the best performer in the weekly magazines division of Nielsen National Readership Survey – out overnight. And, as you’d expect, the NZ Herald led the way clearly in the National Newspaper division.

Two new magazines launched last year won top awards at the 2017 Magazine Media Awards last night at a black-tie gala dinner at Motat that celebrated the excellence and innovations of the industry’s foremost achievers. 

NZ newspapers performed solidly at the 2017 PANPA (Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association) regional Asia-Pacific Advertising & Marketing Awards, held in Sydney last night, winning the supreme awards in five major categories.

Many New Zealand small-to-medium sized enterprises rely on word of mouth to deliver new business – and they spend modestly on digital marketing, according to new research released today from Dot Kiwi.

Rob Davis retired, Peter Hodge died, and Graham Medcalf still runs a one-man shop in Auckland. So what happened to Admission – the eminent Auckland agency in which they once played vital roles?

London and New York, 6th September 2017: A new billion-dollar media/content/technology agency – named Wavemaker – has been created by WPP/GroupM from the merger of MEC and Maxus. MEC NZ, which has a very low profile in this country, is sure to also adopt the new name.

New Zealand work is shining at the Clio Awards in New York, with 10 finalists emerging after the preliminary rounds. Colenso BBDO is through in seven categories, Clemenger BBDO two, and Assembly has one.

Creative recruiter The Pond has restructured and added more personnel – a move it says is in response to runaway demand from agency and corporate clients for creative, design, digital, and marketing talent.