An animated TVC is at the centre of the integrated campaign created for AMI by Colenso BBDO and Assembly promoting insurance to the rapidly rising numbers of Kiwis who rent – now and for longer periods. Maybe much longer.
Blunder no accident
A five-minute short film produced by the Media Design School Auckland has won Best Animated Film at the 2016 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival in San Diego.
Blind Vodafone stuntman in hi-octane feat
FCB helped Vodafone pull off one of its more innovative marketing activations with a high- risk stunt featuring Kiwi drift car ace Mad Mike Whiddett, and the company’s own 4G network director Tony Baird.
The best Air NZ safety vid?
Veteran Kiwi TVC director Steve Saussey, formerly of Film Construction (and a copywriter at Mojo Auckland), and now at new Sydney producer Jungle Films, was at the helm of the latest Air NZ safety video, Safety in Hollywood, a blockbuster hailed by many as a masterpiece.
Jake the Muss back for Women’s Refuge
Wellington agency Doublefish has persuaded Once Were Warriors star Temuera Morrison to relive his screen role as wife-beater Jake the Muss to help raise funds for the Women’s Refuge annual appeal, which runs through July.
Saatchi launches Bargain Box with Wilderpeople’s Julian Dennison
Julian Dennison, the young star of Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople, takes centre stage in the launch campaign for Bargain Box, a new, super-affordable meal delivery service for families set up by My Food Bag.
NZ rowing star fronts Powerade Olympics campaign
Powerade and its local partners Ogilvy NZ, Ikon Communications, and Acumen Republic have launched an Olympic campaign fronted by current Olympic rowing champion Mahé Drysdale.
Augusto shoots Performance Sport NZ campaign
Auckland creative production agency Augusto is also knee-deep in the Rio Olympics, conceiving and creating a new campaign for Performance Sport New Zealand.
NZ link to hard-hitting Clinton TVC
Two Kiwi creatives are said to be behind the new video that some US commentators are saying could spell the end of Donald Trump’s run for the presidency.
New-look trio take a bow
Two debuts and a refreshed favourite this month brought a new look to the Top 10 in June (till now, it’s been largely unchanged this year).

