“Thanks to Marsden Inch for putting a generous amount behind the bar for our end-of-year show last week and a very warm hug to everyone who came along to the show,” says MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries.
Missing in action: the finale
We didn’t exactly cover ourselves with glory in our recent coverage of Singapore’s Campaign Asia Agency of the Year Awards shortlist.
Grand Designs magazine launches in NZ
TV3 Grand Designs shows in New Zealand are finished for the time being – but over the months to come, images from the TV show will appear in the newly launched Grand Designs Magazine, the official mag of the show – out of Australia-based Universal Publishing.
Y&R’s Jaguar VR stunt packed a reality punch
The recent Big Boys Toys was the venue for a startling stunt, pulled off with aplomb by Y&R for Jaguar NZ. The idea was to tell participants they were taking part in a virtual reality stunt – but the reality was very different.
Arrivals & Departures: Vivaki chief exits, Yellow taps Darren Linton, Sunday Punch signs Sione’s Wedding director
Darren Linton has been appointed chief marketing officer of Yellow. He returned home to New Zealand for the role after 16 years in the United Kingdom where he held senior level marketing positions with some of world’s biggest brands.
Getty shoots Zero Hunger
Getty Images Australasia has created a digital campaign themed around “we’re all connected” with a focus on outstanding Getty food production photos.
.99 & Fish bring back Magical Noel
With the festive season fast approaching, New Zealand’s favourite Santa lookalike is at it once more, in the latest instalment of New World’s Noel Christmas campaign, via retail agency specialists .99.
Missing in action
Absent from our Friday unveiling of the Campaign Asia-Pacific Australia/New Zealand Agency of the Year Awards was Transtasman PR shop Eleven (a division of Whybin\TBWA).
New from Publicis Paris and Goodoil
Goodoil Films and director Uncle Friendly (aka Rhett Wade-Ferrell) have shot a Godzilla-style new AXA Insurance ad, Monster, with more than a little help from their friends at Madrid & Hong Kong-based Gang Films and Publicis Paris.
Hilux outtakes
Saatchi & Saatchi has released a series of amusing outtakes and on-set images via the ‘actors’ in their new campaign for Toyota Hilux.
