AUCKLAND, Today: PHD and Drum have given Skinny’s playful Famous Names campaign a new twist with a first-of-its-kind integration into NZ’s longest-running soap, Shortland Street.
True bolsters creative & design offering
AUCKLAND, Today: Independent creative agency True has announced several new appointments as the agency moves to a multi-disciplinary way of working across broader brand experiences.
Looking to upskill?

AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has this morning released its training and development prospectus for 2022.
White Bread Fever
AUCKLAND, Today: George Weston Foods and Proximity NZ have created a series of quirky videos to promote Tip Top Oatilicious, the soft white bread made with oats – “the wonder health food of the moment”.
The Monkeys, Eight & MBM unleash Meridian’s Nature
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: New Meridian Energy has unveiled a new long-term brand platform created by The Monkeys Aotearoa to “establish its leadership position” in renewable energy, investment into decarbonisation and its long-standing commitment to important initiatives such as the Department of Conservation Kākāpō Recovery Programme.
Southern Comfort
CHRISTCHURCH, Today: Following a competitive pitch process, independent Auckland-based agency HeyYou has been appointed across PR, social, and creative for a new luxury boutique hotel, the Mayfair Christchurch, in collaboration with Maverick Digital.
Indie agency gained weight over past 12 months
AUCKLAND, Today: Creative agency/production house Augusto has recently secured a number of clients following a round of competitive pitches, signing seven projects.
Take this stapler from my cold, dead hands

AUCKLAND, Sunday: “There are those who love work and keep going well past their sell-by-date: Rupert Murdoch, Logan Roy, and certain New Zealand politicians, for example,” writes Herald on Sunday columnist Paul Catmur.
AU shops produced new Domino’s NZ campaign
AUCKLAND, Today: Sydney agency It’s Friday has created a NZ campaign to promote two new Domino’s Pizza products.
Concert FM should be sold – not merged

AUCKLAND, Sunday: An hour-long religious rant, broadcast live from a Ponsonby church and served up plumb in the middle of a programme of stirring music from the world’s great composers?