HONG KONG, Today: A lifelong non-smoker – who now works for global tobacco giant Philip Morris in New Zealand – has been appointed a judge at this year’s Campaign Agency of the Year.
The great escape
AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day Poetry “escapes into the wild” in just over a fortnight – on Friday 26 August.
Val Morgan & McDonald’s gamify the cinema experience
AUCKLAND, Today: Val Morgan and McDonald’s have teamed up to gamify the cinema experience with the launch of CineGame.
BCG2 cooking with gas

AUCKLAND, Today: Ponsonby agency BCG2 has been awarded the GasNZ account. GasNZ represents both the LPG Association and the Gas Association of NZ. Its vision is that renewable gases (including BioLPG, biogas and hydrogen gas) are a material part of the energy system in Aotearoa.
PRINZ appoints new chief executive
AUCKLAND, Today: The board of directors of PRINZ (the NZ Public Relations Institute/Te Pūtahi Whakakakau Tūmatanui o Aotearoa has appointed Susanne Martin to the role of chief executive, effective from 1 September.
‘Old-school’ ad agencies resisting recession

LONDON, Friday: Bad news for digital ad spending may be good news for old-school advertising agencies, according to The Financial Times.
Judges unveil Student Orca finalists
AUCKLAND, Today: Each year TRB’s Outstanding Radio Creative Awards is expanded to a student competition. In 2022, Students from AUT University and Media Design School were given a live brief to create an audio campaign for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand.
Hnry Rocks!
AUCKLAND, Thursday: A recent campaign between Hnry and MediaWorks station The Rock spotlights the combined power of audio and out-of-home.
TimeZoneOne promotes key NZ talent
CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday: The New Zealand branch of multinational agency TimeZoneOne has announced the internal promotion of two key leadership positions “to align our people with our ever-changing business scopes”.
Fisher Funds appoints Stanley St as agency of record
AUCKLAND, Today: NZ specialist investment manager Fisher Funds has appointed the country’s largest independent agency, Stanley St, as its agency of record for strategy, creative, brand and media, following a competitive pitch.








