Following the success of Toyota’s Genuine Parts campaign earlier this year with comedian Dai Henwood, Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand has launched a new series, which sees Henwood playing a multitude of characters including a mum and baby.
MDS wins gold, silver, bronze in Singapore
MDS AdSchool students have won gold, silver and bronze at the International Crowbar Awards. The gongs came in the copywriting, print, art direction, direct mail, ambient and cinematography categories.
ASB, Saatchi doing sponsorships differently
ASB has released the concluding content around their sponsorship of the Auckland Marathon – and their Run Down Your Rate competition that gave 10 lucky runners the chance to win their marathon time as a two-year fixed home loan interest rate.
The Herald launches data journalism site
The New Zealand Herald has today launched its new data-journalism website Insights – a further demonstration, says managing editor Shayne Currie, of the Herald’s “commitment to in-depth journalism and new forms of storytelling”.
One Show taps Worthington for Film jury
Colenso creative chairman Nick Worthington has been appointed to the high-profile Film jury for the 2016 One Show Awards.
NZ, Auckland, Colenso in top 20
NZ is ranked 14th most awarded country in the world by the Cannes Lions 2015 Global Creativity Report, released overnight. The result sees NZ slip three places– down from 11th last year.
New categories for 2016
New awards reflecting the rapidly changing media landscape are included in the line‐up of categories for the 2016 Canon Media Awards.
Arrivals & Departures: Recruiter grows, new face at digital shop
Sydney & Auckland global search firm Hourigan International has appointed Natasja Barclay as managing partner and Gillian Gibson as leadership consultant in the Auckland office. (A release mix-up yesterday caused M+AD to run a very old release in error – Mark Jenner left Hourigan in April to join Interbrand NZ as managing director. And he’s still there! M+AD and Hourigan regret the error.)
String Theory taps Argentina for labour of love
Argentine art & motion studio Plenty has collaborated with Auckland brand agency String Theory to create a short film, We Need To Talk About Alice, to raise awareness of charity book website Good Books. The short film coincides with the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
AWARD NZ picks its winners
Jemma Titheridge has been named New Zealand’s top AWARD School student at a graduation ceremony at Little Easy in Ponsonby. Second place was awarded to Robert Chapman, with Amy-Rose Lynch taking third place.
