AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand Television Awards have announced the finalists for 2023, with a total of 115 nominations from more than 490 entries across 37 categories.
TGF & BusinessDesk team up to Bury The Bird
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Once upon a time, Twitter was the place to go if you wanted to connect to New Zealand’s media, political and tech in-crowd. These days – especially since its purchase by Elon Musk – many local users are abandoning the platform in favour of alternatives such as BlueSky, Mastodon and, and putting down their phones and getting some actual work done.
Reel Factory releases WTF is Crypto?
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Auckland based production house Reel Factory have just released WTF is Crypto, the latest in their long-form ventures via TVNZ+.
Farmer Brown strikes gold with a fresh new brand campaign
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Integrated indie agency Work Communications has crafted a new high-energy advertising campaign for Farmer Brown eggs.
YoungShand welcomes Sue Kipling as executive strategy director
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Integrated indie agency YoungShand has appointed as its new executive strategy director.
Advertising heavyweight Luke Farmer to join MediaWorks
AUCKLAND, Today: MediaWorks announced this morning that it has appointed Luke Farmer as group head/agency sales, starting in November.
WPP unites Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R to create global agency VML
NEW YORK/LONDON, Today: WPP this morning announced a major evolution in its offering to clients with the merger of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R.
Stuff re-launches NZFarmer
AUCKLAND, Today: NZFarmer – New Zealand’s largest free rural newspaper – is being re-launched by Stuff after a five-year hiatus.
Stuff launches integration studio, weaving brands with audiences through storytelling
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Stuff Group has launched a new strategic creative and editorial studio, Harakeke. Sitting within Stuff’s brand connections team, it brings together data and insights, content creatives, marketers, strategists and storytellers to create new ways for brands to get noticed by their next customer.
Saatchi refreshes Westpac Together Greater
AUCKLAND, Today: Westpac this morning launched the next expression of their brand platform Together Greater, with Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, Digitas and Spark Foundry, together as part of the Publicis Groupe Connected Platform model.