Aussie ‘sorry’ for sheep-shagger/dole-bludger rant
Karl Stefanovic, the famously mouthy presenter of Channel 9 Australia’s The Today Show, has ‘apologised’ for Thursday’s show when he branded Kiwis as dole-bludgers with an unhealthy relationship with their farm animals, and Indians as shopkeepers.
Five new spots make a debut
Specsavers, Pak n’ Save just keep on keeping on at the top, but this month’s chart features no fewer than five debuts – ICC Cricket World Cup (out of Melbourne), Barnes Catmur & Friends’ Heart Foundation spot, Trivago Berlin, Michael Hill’s big-budget Superbowl spot, and DDB’s Westpac Mr Tinfoil.
Happy hour
OMD, FCB Media taste success in Singapore
Valerie Adams shoots ecostore
Tourism NZ taps Instagram for Aussie campaign
Tourism New Zealand has turned to Instagram and the Flight Centre to launch the third update of its More Magic Every Day winter campaign to target Australian travellers.
Saatchi taps Marc Ellis to shoot Dai’s Toyota yarn
Good coffee – better channel
Steven Adams talks Kiwi in US bank ad
The TV networks last night thrashed the US bank fronted by US basketball star Steven Adams, who cashes in on his Kiwi image to front a video for a bank in the United States peppered liberally with Adams’ interpretation of Kiwi slang (with subtitles). He is hugely liked in this country – but this is not his best work.

