VALENCIA, SPAIN, Friday: Wellington-based digital design agency Resn has won Awwwards Site of the Year for its website for KPR global. Awwwards is a gobal design awards organisation.
Coming in hot to Tāmaki Makarau. Save the date!
AUCKLAND, Friday: The Goat Farm’s Media + Marketing Meetup is back for 2023 with another agenda-free opportunity to “hang out, talk shit and admire the sponsors’ pull-up banners”.
Double win for Agencies at the inaugural UnLtd Big Clash Aotearoa
AUCKLAND, Today: Over 250 people across the Auckland advertising industry came together on 2 March to bat & bowl for good at the inaugural UnLtd Big Clash cricket event.
Genesis Energy turns the spotlight on renewable energy in newest episode of brand platform
AUCKLAND, Today: The “lovable” George is back with Insinkerator and her family in the next instalment of Bastion Shine’s Genesis Energy’s creative platform, showing its continued focus on renewable energy.
Pead unveils new look for Wise
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Global tech/money management company Wise has rolled out a new look and feel with a rebrand, via UK agency Ragged Edge. Pead is Wise’s comms and messaging partner for New Zealand.
Magazine Toplines
AUCKLAND, Today: The NZ Listener just held its own in the latest Nielsen magazine toplines for Q4 2022 – dropping slightly from 231,000 readers to 229,000. NZ Women’s Weekly and Women’s Day were both up by good margins.
Dom Post, ODT up in latest Nielsen newspaper toplines (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: The Dominion Post, and Otago Daily Times posted modest readership increases in the latest Nielsen national newspaper report (Q4 2022) from the previous measurement period, while the NZ Herald and Waikato Times had small drops.
NZME renews partnership with One New Zealand Warriors, and NZ Fashion Week
AUCKLAND, Thursday: NZME has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with the One New Zealand Warriors, as the team returns to its New Zealand base after three years in Australia due to Covid.
Brigid Alkema named chair of Clemenger Group’s Creative Council
SYDNEY, Thursday: Clemenger Group has announced the appointment of Clemenger BBDO Wellington chief creative officer Brigid Alkema as the chair of the group’s global Creative Council.
Social media and OOH ‘natural soulmates’
AUCKLAND, Today: Despite their differences, social media platforms and out-of-home media are natural soulmates, researchers discovered in a major US study.
