AUCKLAND, Tuesday: M+AD ed David Gapes yesterday officially received his Officer of the NZ Order of Merit award from Governor-General Patsy Reddy at Government House in Epsom.
Colenso ad parodied
AUCKLAND, Last night: Fair Go has delivered a slamming indictment of AMI’s “innocent party” car insurance provisions. And worse, it parodied (at great length) Colenso BBDO’s latest AMI tvc Kindness to illustrate the point made by a complaining viewer.
DDB, FCB, OMD excel in APAC comp
HONG KONG, Today: NZ agencies DDB, FCB and OMD played roles in their agencies’ regional success overnight at Campaign Asia-Pacific’s Creative Agency Performance League.
Omnicom launches Hearts & Science in NZ
AUCKLAND, Today: Omnicom Media Group agency disruptor Hearts & Science launched its NZ office yesterday, following a successful launch in Australia.
Jim Henson creative shoots Slingshot spokespuppet
AUCKLAND, Monday: VMLY&R have launched a new Slingshot campaign to highlight the level of customisation that broadband provider Slingshot offers its customers.
Nearly a Kiwi
AUCKLAND, Today: Let’s get this straight – Saatchi Sydney ECD Rebecca Carrasco is NOT a Kiwi (as M+AD, somewhat over-enthusiastically, claimed yesterday).
Cue … The Drone!
COATSVILLE, Monday: Film Construction has released Ep 3 of its Place online film series which showcases NZ locations and filmmakers. This five-minute edition is titled From The Bird’s Eye and has a tight focus on the use of drones on commercial shoots.
VMLY&R appoints head of social media strategy
AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand arm of global integrated creative marketing agency VMLY&R has welcomed Bhavika Rambhai as its new head of social media strategy.
NZ Event Awards open – with 8 new categories
AUCKLAND, Today: The 2019 New Zealand Event Awards open for entry this morning – with eight new categories. NZEA general manager Ségolène de Fontenay said: “We have a world-class events industry in New Zealand, this is proven in the high calibre of applications we receive and the feedback from our independent panel of judges.
Green light
AUCKLAND, Today: Stuff’s NZ Gardener monthly is celebrating 75 years in print, with a special collectible September issue, on sale now.
