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Curious commercial director Taika Waititi and co-creator Jemaine Clement have raised enough kickstarter funds for an American release of their hit NZ vampire film, What We Do in the Shadows. 

TOYBOX Animation slipped through the cracks of our AWARD Awards finals coverage – the Freemans Bay-based facility made the finals of both the Australian AWARD Awards and New Zealand’s AXIS with their work for Clemenger Sydney charity client Dry July.

Lead singer Danny O’Donoghue of multi-platinum band The Script stars in Hallenstein Brothers latest campaign created by Lachlan McPherson & Friends (the new Auckland agency formed by ECD Lachlan McPherson and star creative Mikhail Gherman when Mojo NZ folded in 2012) and filmed in Cuba.

Six months after launch, DDB says its dedicated, in-house content production unit, Maker, designed to create quick turnaround digital content for clients, is proving a big success and experiencing increasing demand.

Ponsonby-based digital production agency Satellite and client Orbit Corporate Travel have created an app to increase the efficiency of business travel.

Here For Life is St John’s new brand positioning. And an emotional new TVC from Colenso BBDO and Thick as Thieves begins to establish and give meaning to it. The commercial features Haylee Wrenn from Hawkes Bady, whose life was saved by St John after she suffered a cardiac arrest.

Wendy’s popular Big Kahuna burger is back but “fresher than ever” with a new campaign that sees music made out of burger ingredients.

DDB’s latest instalment for Westpac highlights the common family issue of not having enough space at home, and follows Captain Destructo (aka Steve), a Kiwi dad and aspiring supervillain as he challenges his wife’s patience.

Christmas was a bit brighter for thousands of Aucklanders after a record $1.3million was raised for the Auckland City Mission’s Christmas Appeal, thanks in part to a RAPP campaign encouraging Kiwis to “become someone’s angel” and light up Auckland.