AUCKLAND, Saturday: “Huge advertising contract up for grabs,” reads Shayne Currie’s Media Insider column (if you can call a full page – on the favoured right-hand side of a broadsheet A Section – a mere column!).
Speight’s and DDB toast mateship in new campaign
AUCKLAND, Sunday: DDB Aotearoa has released the latest iteration of the Good on Ya Mate platform, The Speech – a “touching” campaign that celebrates modern mateship and the challenges that come with putting our feelings into words.
No M+AD Monday
NZ, Today: King’s Birthday weekend already? Yep – but just about all stores, bars, and entertainment precincts will remain open.
2023 NZ Radio Awards Finalists & Winners

AUCKLAND, Today: The winners & finalists at the NZ Radio Awards announced last night included … The Breeze, The Rock, ZM, NewstalkZB, The Hits, RNZ, The Edge, More, Radio Hauraki, Today, ACC, Mai, Radio Dunedin, Coast/iHeart, Love It Media, Rova, Tahi FM, Planet, Wellington Access Radio, Access Radio Taranaki, Plains, Treehut, Tarana, George, NZME, Sun, Gold Sport, Loudmouth, MediaWorks, Radio BOP, and Pacific Media.
Wētā Workshop, MediaWorks and MBM team up to launch NZ’s first 3DOOH billboards
WELLINGTON, Today: Travellers through Wellington Airport this morning are being captured by a giant troll wreaking havoc on the departure boards in New Zealand’s first foray into 3DOOH.
Bastion Shine and Skills create ‘Skills Alley’ at Skills MSD Fair, via Bastion Group & Campbell+Co
AUCKLAND, Today: This week at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau, Skills Group, and the Ministry of Social Development partnered for the first time to deliver a large-scale job fair involving 80 large private and public sector employers and 2000 registered attendees.
Sinead Boucher assembles new leadership for Stuff Group
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Stuff owner Sinead Boucher has stepped aside as ceo, amid a management reshuffle – including the appointment of three new managing directors to lead the publishing giant’s major business arms.
Digital Day Out heading our way
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The Monkeys NZ senior creative/art director Liz Richards and dentsu Media NZ chief product officer Richard Pook are among the digital experts who will make presentations at the upcoming Marketing Association Digital Day Out in Auckland.
Villa Maria launches its biggest global brand campaign with Federation

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Villa Maria, working with Federation, this week launched its biggest global brand campaign, to recruit more wine lovers to its award-winning Marlborough sauvignon blanc.
Whittaker’s appoints Soraya Cottin as new chief marketing officer
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Whittaker’s has appointed Soraya Cottin as their new chief marketing officer. The choc-maker says she brings significant international marketing experience of working with major global food and other consumer brands.







