Phantom Billstickers has announced a partnership with the NZ Book Awards Trust to promote National Poetry Day – the biggest nationwide poetry event of the year.
O&M NZ campaign goes global
Would you help? A young boy foraging for food in a central city rubbish bin has captured the hearts and minds of millions of viewers around the world in a new recruitment drive campaign for the New Zealand Police, created by Ogilvy & Mather New Zealand.
APNO winners write about SXSW
APN Outdoor launched its inaugural digital outdoor creative competition, Pixel3610 in August last year which offered the winning pair a trip to the world famous SXSW festival in March 2016. DDB’s Nick Dellabarca and Liz Richards were the winners and here is a brief report on their SXSW experience:
NZ Radio Awards finalists unveiled
The finalists for the 2016 NZ Radio Awards have this morning been published on the awards website (scroll down for the link).
ASA report deadline looms
Submissions close on Wednesday 13 April for the Advertising Standards Authority review of the Children’s Code for Advertising Food and the Code for Advertising to Children.
Agencies get blame for ad blocking
It has long been recognised that a slow-loading web page is one of the reasons that encourages consumers to download ad blocking software, but now the Wall Street Journal reports that a number of US publishers are criticising ad agencies for the problem.
Admen take centre stage
Tickets are reportedly going fast for TEDxAuckland, the annual ideas festival set to return for its first multi-day event on Thursday & Friday May 5 & 6 at Shed 10, Queens Wharf. Among the specialist speakers are former Saatchi Digital CD Matt Shirtclife, and former Y&R CD Vaughn Davis.
NZ’s best 80 ready for Sydney finals (updated)
Y&R, Special Group, The Sweet Shop, Colenso, Saatchi, DDB, and Contagion are all through to the finals – with multiple entries – at Australia’s AWARD Awards. All up, NZ scored a remarkable 77 finalist spots.
In-home TV still rules
While New Zealanders increasingly use mobile devices to watch video content, 3.2 million Kiwis aged 10+ (84%) are viewing over 23 hours of broadcast TV through their TV sets across a week. In comparison, online New Zealanders spend 15 hours per week using the Internet.
Y&R, Colenso, DDB, Special make the finals
NZ has picked up 18 finalist spots in the 2016 One Show’s Cross-Platform, Direct and Print & Outdoor categories. NZ is one of 40 nations through to the finals so far.