AUCKLAND, Today: Gumboots might not be Rita Ora’s usual stage footwear, but the international music star is getting behind a distinctly Kiwi cause, lending her support to I Am Hope’s Gumboot Friday... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Buying a car, booking a holiday and choosing somewhere for dinner hardly follow the same script. Nielsen wants to show advertisers what happens between that first thought and the final... Read More
Freelance art director David Bell, the former CD of the Media Design School’s Adschool, has finally got the illustrated version of his book out! Read More
RELOAD RELOADS: Australasian photographers agency Reload has appointed Hannah Tatton to head its office in Auckland. Read More
OMD hires new Client Services Director: OMD Auckland has recruited Penelope Burns to one of the agency’s three newly-created Client Service Director roles. Read More
Scandinavian car brand Volvo has appointed Freemans Bay indie Republik to its media and creative account, effective August 2014. As a result, Republik will part ways with Peugeot after a successful 10-year... Read More
Freeview is now being watched in 67% of NZ homes – up 2.45% (40,900) since the digital switchover in December last year, according to new figures from Colmar Brunton. Read More
Sex, dating and hook-ups are nothing new. But when you add social media and gamification apps like Tinder and Snapchat to the mix, does this up the ante? Is swiping left any... Read More
Like everybody else in the global ad and publishing community, everybody at M+AD (both of us!) watched this morning’s brilliant Soccer World Cup final. Read More
Heineken has unveiled its latest global campaign, Cities of the World, aimed to inspire men to live worldly by unlocking the secrets of their cities. Read More
The building boom in Christchurch is also boosting the home improvement magazine sector. Typical of these is Kitchens & Bathrooms Quarterly NZ – the region (with 13% of the population) provides 20%... Read More
Advertising photographer Simon Harper had to resort to an unusual trick of the trade to get the shot he wanted out of an uncooperative small person. Read More