AUCKLAND, Today: Special has supercharged its creative stocks, adding Steve Hansen and Gareth Rice, to its ranks as creative director and associate creative director, respectively.
MediaWorks ceo to step down
AUCKLAND, Today: MediaWorks has confirmed that ceo Cam Wallace will step down, leaving in the coming weeks. Wallace will start a “new role” in the middle of the year.
Balter Brewers taps into real beer lovers market
AUCKLAND, Today: Queensland beer-maker Balter Brewers has released a new campaign titled We Love Good Beer developed in collaboration with Deloitte Digital Creative NZ, featuring the types of people usually relegated to playing the extras.
Kmart launches first end to end living campaign since brand relaunch – via UMNZ
AUCKLAND, Friday: Kmart has unveiled its latest February Living range, rolling out a fully integrated campaign with the aim to allow their customers to create inspiring spaces with effortless style. UM are the media buying agency and paid activity ran for three weeks, finishing Wednesday 22nd.
Special PR launched Trade Me’s first second-hand biddable fashion show
AUCKLAND, Friday: Trade Me has launched and hosted Aotearoa’s “first-ever entirely second-hand biddable fashion show, Everyday Runway, via Special PR.
DDB Aotearoa expands edit and sound suite capabilities
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB Aotearoa has appointed three new hires to bolster continued growth in its edit, sound and design suite.
TVNZ and dentsu Media bring Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival to Aotearoa via a media first
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival is taking place this week and in celebration of this cultural moment, TVNZ have shared their broadcast feed with NZ news sites Stuff and The NZ Herald.
Auckland digital agency named HubSpot’s APAC Partner of the Year
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Hype & Dexter, an Ponsonby-based digital agency specialising digital transformation and growth through CRM, has been named HubSpot’s No 1 solutions partner of the year for the APAC region – for the 4th consecutive year.
Eyes and Ears bolsters team with new hires
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Eden-Terrace-based video producer Eyes and Ears are expanding their pre-production and post-production teams to keep up with the demand for video content.
Sonya Milford promoted to digital design director role at Colenso BBDO
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Colenso BBDO has promoted award-winning digital designer Sonya Milford – also known as an arts champion – to digital design director.









