NZ shops shine in AWARD second wave

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Saatchi, Y&R, Colenso, and DDB are among the NZ qualifiers in the second wave of Australia’s AWARD Awards 2016 finalists.

The second wave of finalists embraces six categories: Integrated Campaign, Creative Innovation, Market Disruption & Product / Service Development, Creativity for Good, Promotion & Experiential and PR.

The most successful NZ entries in are:

  • Integrated Campaign: Y&R New Zealand with four finalists followed by Leo Burnett Sydney with two finalists;
  • Creative Innovation: Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, Colenso BBDO, Y&R New Zealand and Leo Burnett Sydney with three finalists each, followed by GPY&R Brisbane and M&C Saatchi Sydney with two each;
  • Market Disruption & Product / Service Development: Colenso BBDO with four finalists followed by Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand and Y&R New Zealand, each with three;
  • Creativity For Good: Y&R New Zealand with two finalists;
  • Promotion & Experiential: DDB Group New Zealand with four finalist followed by GPY&R Brisbane and Leo Burnett Sydney with three finalists each;
  • PR: Y&R New Zealand with three finalists followed by DDB Group New Zealand and M&C Saatchi Sydney with two finalists each.

Damon Stapleton (DDB NZ) chaired the Integrated Campaign, Creative Innovation, Market Disruption &  Product / Service Development and Creativity for Good juries.

Finalists in all additional categories will be announced “soon”, upon completion of judging.

The awards presentation event will take place on Friday 27 May at Carriageworks in Sydney as part of Semi Permanent for the first time.

  • See all the finalists here 
  • Tickets are available here 
  • A full list of judges here
  • There are 11 Kiwi agency senior creatives on the AWARD juries – see them here

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