A new Air New Zealand TVC campaign out of Host Sydney has recruited young children to read a Mothers Day poem – featuring “spew bags” “frantic toilet runs, and “wine splashes on crotches”.
ASB and Saatchi & Saatchi to part ways following agency model change
ASB and Saatchi & Saatchi today announced that they have reached agreement to end their five-year relationship as part of a review of ASB’s agency operating model.
For they are jolly good Fellows
The Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) has recognised excellence in the fields of public relations and communications, with the induction of three new Fellows – Andrew Pirie (Spark), Strahan Wallis (Porter Novelli), and Nikki Wright (Wright Communications).
Arrivals & Departures: DAN’s Amplifi lures media veteran
Dentsu Aegis NZ’s strategic media investment division Amplifi has appointed Anna Lawson as trading manager, based in Auckland.
MediaCom & bcg2 win in Rome
MediaCom and bcg 2’s campaign for Safekids Aotearoa Check For Me Before You Turn The Key has won Gold at the 2017 Festival of Media Global Awards in Rome. MediaCom was also named Agency Network of the Year.
Late show at the Beacons
VMO sprung a swiftie on agency guests at the Beacons on Friday – quietly noting the differences between female and male behaviour at the show.
Augusto creates new global campaign for adidas Rugby
Downtown Auckland indie creative shop Augusto has developed and produced a new global adidas Rugby campaign, Next Is Everything, which launched globally today.
US$40k at stake at Warc Media Awards
The Warc Media Awards 2017, a global competition rewarding effective media planning, is now open for entries. Entry is free and there’s a US$40,000 prize fund for the top winners.
White faces kill Aussie Labor Party campaign
An Australian Labor Party ad campaign featuring the Opposition leader Bill Shorten has come under attack across the Ditch because every person featured in it is a white Anglo-Saxon.
Arrivals & Departures: Lions Gold star switches to OOH, Maxwell exits Maori TV
Former FCB client services manager Simon Teagle has taken a diversion from his long media agency career to enter the OOH world, where he has been appointed general manager at nationwide bus & billboard company Go Media.