AUCKLAND, Today: Most client-agency relationships do well to reach double figures. Bunnings and PHD Aotearoa have now stretched theirs to 24 years, with another chapter officially locked in. Bunnings has reappointed PHD... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Friends and family have a way of forgiving missed catch-ups. Leave it too long, however, and Tourism New Zealand warns you may officially become a stranger. That playful threat sits... Read More
New Zealand agencies have just 10 days to enter the 2018 Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity, due to be held in Singapore from Wednesday 26 September to Friday 28 September. Read More
Winter proving to be the winning season for MBM. Off the back of a record year in 2017, the Auckland/Wellington indie media agency MBM reports that it is enjoying a cracking 2018... Read More
Downtown Auckland-based Track NZ has appointed Jodie Armstrong-Downes as planning director, strengthening its strategy and planning division. Read More
TOKYO, Sunday: In a move reflecting the changing dynamics between Big Tobacco and advertising, Philip Morris International has appointed Thirteen, a Japanese creative agency owned by McCann Worldgroup, on a project basis for... Read More
WELLINGTON, Today: State-Owned Enterprise KiwiRail has announced its appointment of DDB as creative agency following a competitive pitch involving five agencies. The incumbent was Clemenger BBDO. Read More
For planners, spending time outside the bubble of Adland is a necessity, argues Deutsch’s Rob Campbell in an essay for WARC’s Future of Strategy report 2018 (published yesterday – scroll down for... Read More
Parnell-based full service digital and brand agency Terabyte has joined forces with another Aucklandbased agency – social media specialist Social Envy. Read More
Sasha Rainbow, a winner at London’s Voice of a Woman 2018*, is joining Curious Films. NZ MD/exec producer Kate Roydhouse says when saw her work at Cannes she knew she had to... Read More
Sweetshop has signed director Jakob Marky for representation globally, excluding Europe. “Jakob has always had a fascination for stories and how to make them come alive,” says ceo/partner Wilf Sweetland. Read More
Band practice has begun, the wildcards are drawn and the entries are now closed for the 11th Battle of The Ad Bands. Read More