AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Maori arts outfit Kōpū O Te Rangi – in partnership with Colenso BBDO – has created Pīkari Mai, a new online web browser tool that replaces royal gossip and news, with indigenous content pulled from a range of other news sources.

AUCKLAND, Today: Isuzu has named New Zealand as the ‘Master of all Roads’ in their latest action-packed film series. The campaign showcases the scenery and rugged terrain of Central Otago’s Nevis Bluff and Skippers Canyon.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: ASB is seeking expressions of interest from media agencies, with a Request for Proposal (RFP) process kicking off today as the bank looks to move from a multi-agency model to a single provider across all media services.

AUCKLAND, Today: Executive juries from around the world – including FCB Aotearoa senior art director Vikki Cheng, Ogilvy NZ ceo Kam Maxwell, and VMLY&R NZ ECD Kim Pick – will discuss the best work from this year’s Gerety Awards as the final deadline of Friday 12 May approaches.

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: One of New Zealand’s most awarded campaigns of recent years, David’s Unusables for Motor Neurone Disease Association has been recognised again – this time by WARC’s The Good Report in its 2022 list of the best campaigns globally.  

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: For as long as customer feedback platforms have been in play in New Zealand, the tools have become highly sophisticated, relatively costly, time-intensive – a preserve for the larger corporates who have the luxury to purchase them.

WĀNAKA, Tuesday: South Island-based production company The Film Crew was relaunched as Bunker Street Film Co.

AUCKLAND, Today: “Dear Ed,” writes Loren Tomlinson of digital marketing consultancy The Social Collective. “You must hear about my client Kristy Campbell, chief graphic designer at Pink Pony Creative. She has an incredible success story and I know your readers would love to hear it!

AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s ad market has shrugged off a sharp retraction in Government category adspend post-covid to deliver a record level of adspend this financial year, with the total up 1.4% to $1.17 billlion.

AUCKLAND, Monday: Property magazine, founded in 1978, will shut after sending its final issues to print in the coming days, according to Stuff and BusinessDesk reporter Daniel Dunkley.