AUCKLAND, Today: The Marketing Association has assembled a high-powered panel of regulators and lawyers for its Marketing Law 2019 powwow in one month on Thursday 7 November (scroll down for times and venue).
Huffer gets lyrical about mental health
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Fashion chain/creative company Huffer has partnered with the Mental Health Foundation and Kiwi musicians to support mental health awareness in a musical campaign by Ponsonby-based Reload & Smoke.
New campaign targets $5.1 billion offshore students
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Education New Zealand enlisted the expert services of Special, OMD, Fuse and UMS to launch their new global digital campaign, designed to appeal to prospective international students “who are attracted to our inclusive and forward-thinking society”.
Publicis ANZ closed today to support Mental Health Day
AUCKLAND, Today: There’s nobody at work this morning at all Publicis Groupe ANZ agencies in NZ & Australia – they’ve closed for the day in support of World Mental Health Day. In NZ, this includes Starcom, Digitas Affinity ID, MBM and Saatchi & Saatchi.
DDB’s L&P ad ‘best tvc in the world’
CHICAGO, Today: FCB Chicago associate CD Rodolfo Fernandes has named DDB NZ/Sweetshop’s Lemon & Paeroa Best Day Ever as the best television commercial in the world last week.
5 stars for the Godfather of Effectiveness (Updated)
HAMILTON, Wednesday: Waikato full-service agency KingSt, who hosted a recent Peter Field presentation in Hamilton, says the event was “groundbreaking”.
The Taika Waititi juggernaut continues (updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: TVNZ’s production facility Blacksand, with Shout Media and agency partner Starcom, have created a trailer campaign (featuring Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit) to promote Season 2 of Wellington Paranormal, which returns to TVNZ 2 on Wednesday night (October 16).
Stanley St adds Capital muscle
WELLINGTON, Today: New Zealand’s largest indie agency Stanley St has unveiled five new roles in their office in the Capital. The agency’s move toward local ownership and independence was fuelled by its desire to retain profits in New Zealand, creating the ability to invest in both the agency group, and its clients.
AUCKLAND, Today: Women in Media aims to shed a different light on relationship-building when the group presents its Art of Authentic Relationship Building workshop next week.
Face value
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: The Comms Council has teamed up with marketing site StopPress to present The Faces of Our Industry, a new video series showcasing comms industry movers & shakers.
