AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s digital advertising industry generated $1.588 billion in the first half of 2026, up 14% year-on-year, according to the latest IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Revenue Report. Q2 revenue... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Anyone still polishing an LIA 2026 entry has officially entered the final sprint, with just 48 hours remaining before the doors close. Companies and individuals involved in any part of... Read More
Agency people throughout the country would have been amused to see New Zealand born-and-bred agency Augusto described on the latest front page of The Herald on Sunday as “an American advertising agency”. Read More
M+AD got one detail wrong in yesterday’s report about the Spikes Asia – but it was a big one: DDB actually won two Grand Prix (not one as we reported). Read More
NZ-based Kiwi director Mark Albiston (Sweetshop) has shot an energetic new tvc for Irish agency Boys and Girls. The spot, Bounce, sees a mother and daughter who are physically separated brought back... Read More
Seven years since Rata restaurant opened in Queenstown, owner Mayfare Group, led by restaurateur Fleur Caulton and chef Josh Emett, is soon to open its ninth restaurant while also undergoing an agency... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: NZME has announced the appointment of Nikki Stevens to the new role of GM of its Wellington and Australian agency teams – a position which includes oversight of Australia agency... Read More
New Zealand agencies enjoyed a successful Spikes Asia, picking up three Grand Prix and nine Golds in Singapore at the weekend. Read More
Australia’s Mumbrella nailed it: “Dr Mumbo giggled when WPP’s Y&R merged with WPP’s VML to become WPP’s VMLY&R. So many letters, so little time.” Read More
AUCKLAND, Friday: Stuff’s national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Star-Times – a broadsheet since its inception in 1994 – is to adopt a compact format in three weeks, on Sunday 21 October, following... Read More