Freedom New Zealand, World of Wearable Art, Nutrimetrics, Kathmandu, Harvey Norman and Countdown made history as being the first brands to be crowned in the recently added New Zealand categories at the annual ACA Awards held recently in Melbourne. For 25 years the awards recognise expertise and excellence in catalogue and letterbox marketing.
iHeartRadio launches four new digital stations
iHeartRadio New Zealand has launched four exciting new digital stations across genres identified as opportunities through research and audience demand. Havoc International Airport, Coast Soul, Newstalk ZB 24/7 and 90s Bus are the new kids on the iHeartRadio block.
Spark Lab hits the road with a national tour
For the first time since its launch two years ago, Spark’s free innovation and ideas workshop, Spark Lab, is going national, kicking off with a series of events in Auckland next week. Throughout September and October the Lab will visit Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Dunedin and Christchurch.
MSIX calls for kiwi entries
The MSIX Conference and Awards are back giving attendees the chance to spend a day with those leading the charge in the practice of marketing science. MSIX (Marketing Science Ideas Xchange) has become Australasia’s leading conference exploring the marketing and behavioural sciences, and how they are applied by businesses.
DDB wins Pump and L&P business
Two iconic Kiwi brands — one, New Zealand’s most loved bottled water, the other, the quintessential New Zealand soft drink have been added to DDB’s stable. Both Pump and L&P used to be handled by Saatchi & Saatchi.
Cloudy Bay promotion backs young musicians in Australia
New Zealand wine maker Cloudy Bay has a new sponsorship deal to push its brand in Australia. The vineyard has put its name to a series of live concerts featuring the best of Australia’s up and coming musicians.
A “no thank-you I’m driving” commercial for Heineken beer
International brewer Heineken has marked its $200 million Formula 1 sponsorship with what could be a world-first commercial. The star of the video is three-time Formula 1 champion and long-time road safety campaigner Sir Jackie Stewart and he’s shown repeatedly turning down offers of a free beer.
Auckland’s MDS sweeps student design competition
Auckland’s Media Design School has taken the major honours at this year’s Student News Media competition. Stan Lee and Aiken Hutcheson have won with what the judges described as a cheeky, real-life promotion concept for JUCY camper vans. MDS students won all three categories this year.
Droga5 pulls the proverbial for Toilet Paper Day
It passed us by so quietly M+AD missed the thing entirely. August 26 was National Toilet Paper Day in the United States and to mark the event Droga5 produced a whacky 60 second commercial for toilet paper company, Quilted Northern.
Tears in Saatchi’s new campaign for hearing loss
Saatchi & Saatchi has created a new brand campaign for Bay Audiology that captures the moment when someone realises the importance of doing something about their loss of hearing – not just for themselves but for their family. Using hidden cameras, Saatchi secretly filmed two people as they were having a hearing test and their reactions as they heard a message from their kids.