SYDNEY, Tuesday: WPP MD NZ Sven Baker has resigned from his current position and will move to the transitional role of non-executive NZ chairman. A new NZ management team has also been appointed.
Nope to Dope launch
AUCKLAND, Sunday: The anti-legalisation troops have launched their first campaign with a full-page execution in today’s Herald on Sunday.
Driving me crazy
AUCKLAND, Today: Extract from DDB ANZ CCO Damon Stapleton’s blog: “Crazy ideas make companies grow. Especially when business models change. Which seems to be happening more and more these days.
NZ’s greatest storyteller?
AUCKLAND, Sunday: One of NZ’s most fluent and influential writers & thinkers – Auckland journalist/author Gordon McLauchlan – has died, aged 89.
Trivago fallout hits ads
AUCKLAND, Today: “Consumer trust is critical,” Association of NZ Advertisers ceo Lindsay Mouat told NZ Herald business writer Damien Venuto. You don’t need to be a genius to figure out Mouat was referring to the Trivago scandal.
NZ dairies – we salute you
AUCKLAND, Today: Contact Energy (with creative shop Bob’s Your Uncle, media agency Rocket, and photographer Vicki Leopold) is championing the saviours of the Kiwi summer – dairy owners – in the first iteration of a tribute to SMEs.
TBWA goes vegan
AUCKLAND, Today: Plant-based food brand MorningStar Farms believes it has captured the “flexitarian zeitgeist” with a first-of-its kind Uber Eats partnership, and a pop-up restaurant platform devised and managed by TBWA\Eleven PR.
WPP devours Dominion
AUCKLAND, Thursday: WPP AUNZ has purchased New Zealand martech specialist Dominion, adding Adobe Experience Manager expertise to AKQA’s Auckland studio.
