AUCKLAND, Today: Special has landed a hefty showing at the 2026 B&T Awards, with the independent agency named a finalist across seven Agency of the Year categories. That gives Special more Agency... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: One Plus One Communications is adding some serious media weight to its offering, bringing MBM co-founder Sean McCready into the fold as Media Partner. The collaboration adds another specialist string... Read More
Following on from Speight’s popular The Dance brand ad, Speight’s has this week launched an innovative campaign extension: Cheers Beers. Read More
APN Outdoor has announced the expansion of its “ground-breaking” audience measurement tool, Calibre. “The expansion gives advertisers and agencies improved efficiencies and user experience, confirming Calibre’s standing as an industry-leading media audience measurement... Read More
Sandra Renowden, the Sydney-based external communications manager of WPP AUNZ (in which the WPP/Ogilvy comms network is a 61.5% stakeholder) has contacted M+AD to clarify our earlier reports about the rebranding of... Read More
Transtasman shootists Eight (production offices in both Auckland & Sydney) have signed star Kiwi director Steve Saussey for representation in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Read More
Stuff has made a series of high-profile journalist appointments to its Auckland newsroom, tapping Alison Mau, Carol Hirschfeld, Todd Niall and Nick Truebridge – among others – to new or expanded roles. Read More
Auckland’s food stories have been brought to life in a new Colenso BBDO campaign which encourages domestic travellers to experience and discover the region’s diverse culinary offering during winter. Read More
Two Bearded Men is a production company founded by Tim Pierce & Toby Crawford, hailing from the heart of the Deep South. From the day TBM was born, the company has stayed... Read More
The Comms Council is gearing up for the 2018 Effie Awards, announcing the call for entries will open in a fortnight – on Tuesday 19 June. Read More
No word yet from Ogilvy NZ in the fallout from the Ogilvy & Mather worldwide name change to just Ogilvy – but a tiny crack has appeared on both sides of the... Read More
DDB’s customer experience agency Track NZ has appointed senior art director Carl Lough, a 20-year UK/NZ agency veteran, to its creative team, and Adele Glover who has taken on the role of... Read More