AUCKLAND, Friday: The Advertising Standards Authority has taken action against a Vodafone ad following complaints from members of the public.
Spark Arena beckons
AUCKLAND, Friday: The Marketing Association has produced a list of 122 finalists, across 30 categories, for the 2022 TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards.
Mango and Tribal win – with no pitch
AUCKLAND, Today: Cannabis Clinic has appointed Tribal Aotearoa, DDB Group’s digital experience agency, and communication specialists Mango Aotearoa, to raise awareness of the brand and the benefits of medicinal cannabis.
Comms Council insights
AUCKLAND, Today: The Commercial Communications Council has announced the launch of the Aotearoa Effectiveness Database, to collect critical data relating to marketing and advertising effectiveness, over time providing critical insights to inform more effective work.
The Monkeys brought dragons to ABs vs Ireland
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The Monkeys Aotearoa as brought together US-produced Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and Sky & Neon – via the recent All Blacks v Ireland match at Sky Stadium.
Kat Day joins Special PR as creative lead
AUCKLAND, Today: Special PR has appointed Kat Day as creative lead, as the new PR offering from Special Group continues to grow.
Do not get into a lift with this man!
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phantom Billstickers latest newsletter Phan Mail profiles their colourful Jedi masters, Joel Madden: “Joel is a great guy. However, he has weirdly bad luck around elevators, the Mail reports.
Nutting to it!
AUCKLAND, Thursday: One man, a concrete mixer and some nuts are the stars of a stripped-back, handmade, suitably minimal and quirky new campaign from Augusto for NZ peanut butter brand Pic’s.
Calibre signs new OOH insights partner
AUCKLAND, Today: Out-of-home planning & audience measurement tool, Calibre (owned by oOh!media, JCDecaux, and MediaWorks) will now be powered by mobile location intelligence platform Landmarks ID. Phantom Billstickers has also adopted the tool.
Tom Gould fashions Canterbury of New Zealand campaign
AUCKLAND, Thursday: A campaign created and shot entirely by New York-based Kiwi visual artist Tom Gould for Canterbury of New Zealand is launching nationally and internationally – across cinema, Youtube, Instagram and Facebook.
