To commemorate Valentine’s Day, Y&R and Land Rover took a heart-felt ‘Dear John’ listing on TradeMe and turned it into “the greatest Valentine’s Day gift ever for four Kiwi blokes”.
Valentines Day dawns in Queen St
Coca-Cola has put a little spritz into Valentines Day with a new, interactive Adshel vending machine, currently amusing – and refreshing – passers-by on Queen St and Vulcan Lane.
Barnes Catmur’s Hit Man cometh
Barnes Catmur & Friends have reinvented heart disease as a shadowy serial killer for the TVC currently screening (and also running on radio, billboards, buses, street posters and digital).
DDB & Westac banish the paranoia
Westpac’s latest campaign from DDB aims to demonstrate the security of CardGuard contactless payments – even for the most paranoid among us. And Mr Tinfoil sure is paranoid!
TBWA NZ missing in action
An editing error in yesterday’s AWARD Awards report saw NZ hotshop Whybin\TBWA go AWOL from our list of NZ finalists. ECD Dave King wasted no time in pointing out – in the courteous yet firm way we’ve come to know quite well – the error of our ways.
Flem & Astle pad up for Fujitsu
NZ cricket legends Stephen Fleming and Nathan Astle have filmed a new TVC campaign for Fujitsu Heat Pumps. The ads come out of Auckland agency Raw Advertising and are produced by Sauce Wellington.
Air NZ goes downhill – fast
Air NZ has shot a new instalment on its long-running Meanwhile in New Zealand campaign – novel twist on the Tortoise and the Hare fable, adding another hero – the New Zealand landscape.
Compelling new campaign showcases SKYCITY’s role in life of the city
Staff across various departments at SKYCITY became overnight television stars when the company launched a fresh new advertising campaign yesterday. The new campaign, It All Starts Here, created by Colenso BBDO and produced by Finch Auckland, spans television, radio, outdoor, print and digital, and allows SKYCITY staff to explain in their own words the company’s central role across the community; socially, economically and culturally.
A-fucking Plus
Super Bowl has had its day? Tell that to the advertisers who happily shell out millions to boost their businesses to new levels. Michael Hill Jewellers, for one, will be very happy with their returns. Check out some Twitter:
Colenso and Michael Hill go to the Super Bowl (updated to include credits)
Jeweller Michael Hill is launching their first ever global creative platform, We’re for Love, with two television slots during the live coverage of Super Bowl XLIX.
