Wendy’s is cranking up the heat with its spicy new Ghost Pepper burger and accompanying campaign from Augusto.
Blackmores’ award-winning ad – the Kiwi version
Last week, M+AD poked borax at the Aussie accents on the latest Blackmores campaign, which won the NZ Self-Medication Awards. Since then, we’ve dug deeper and discovered that Blackmores also produced a New Zealand version of the same campaign – with Kiwi accents (that’s it, above).
Nissan shoots vfx desert spectacular
Some eye-catching visual effects lift this new Nissan Patrol tvc – sent to us by Amsterdam-based creative production studio Ambassadors – above the ordinary.
Aussies pour scorn on Saatchi NZ’s Mt Franklin ads
Saatchi NZ’s latest work for bottled water brand Mount Franklin has gone down like a lead balloon from sensitive souls in the Australian ad world. The ads, which screen mainly across the Tasman, parody posturing Aussie males.
Mum’s Wish picks up where Pop’s Gift left off
A year on from the launch of Lotto NZ’s successful Pop’s Gift campaign, DDB has unveiled its spiritual successor, Mum’s Wish.
TBWA/Plaza put out welcome mat for ANZ Apple Pay
TBWA offices on both sides of the Tasman collaborated to create ANZ’s new campaign to welcome Apple Pay to New Zealand. It was produced and shot by Plaza Film’s Paul Middleditch.
Happy Aussie takes a gander at Air NZ’s goose
Aussie columnist (and ad agency veteran) Robert Strohfeldt, writing in the latest issue of B&T, has heaped praise on the latest Air New Zealand TVC, Better Way to Fly, shot in NZ for the Australian market.
Special unveils its first Sleephead creative
Special Group has created a new campaign for the NZ Comfort Group’s luxury Sleepyhead Sanctuary bed range.
Possums back at No 1
On top this week, once again, is Toyota’s Real Road Experts. “People enjoy the different variations of the ad and that it is always an alternating storyline,” says Colmar Brunton senior client executive Katrin Schulze.
Saatchi (with a little help from Gregor) launches new campaign for My Food Bag
Saatchi & Saatchi has released a new brand campaign for My Food Bag that celebrates the restaurant-quality meals New Zealanders can now make at home.