AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff has dropped the use of Facebook and Instagram until further notice, according to a late, breaking story in online newssheet The Spinoff, which characterises the move as “experimental”.
Soup of the Day
AUCKLAND, Monday: Auckland indie Màgico, with TVNZ production shop Blacksand, has created a new 30sec tvc, A Little Love Goes a Long Way, for Naked Locals premium chilled soups.
Crisis Control (updated)
WELLINGTON, Monday: Media intelligence insights provider Isentia, which bills itself as “APAC-based”, has been recognised as a global leader in comms research, winning five awards at the 2020 AMEC Communication Effectiveness Awards in the UK.
Top Shelf (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries is glowing at the news that at MDS team won Wood Pencil at D&AD London’s New Blood Awards.
Laconic wit a turn-on
AUCKLAND, Today: AUT ad creativity lecturer Dan Fastnedge has penned a passionate piece on the role of Kiwis’ unique sense of humour – and tighter agency-client relationships – in the nation’s post-Covid recovery.
Simple Solution
AUCKLAND, Today: Indie Parnell shop Farrimond created the nationwide TV campaign launched yesterday for RB Hygiene disinfectant brand Glen 20 – made with an affecting simplicity to plug the post-Covid services of the NZ Red Cross.
Shelf-Defence
LONDON, Today: A student creative team from Auckland’s Media Design School has won a Wood Pencil at the 2020 D&AD New Blood Awards – the only NZ entry to win a Pencil.
Let’s Get Serious
AUCKLAND, Today: A new agency, Serious, has been launched “in close partnership” with PHD Group to help brands navigate crises like Covid-19.
Crash Landing
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Colenso creative chairman Nick Worthington is recovering from a bicycle accident in Auckland late last week. Apparently he escaped the downsizing at the agency that’s seen the departure of the ECD and CD (see accompanying story).
