AUCKLAND, Today: Whittaker’s has released its new Cocoa Pods (“the ultimate locally made premium treat”) with a campaign devised by its agencies of record – MBM (media), The Breakout Room (creative) and SweeneyVesty (PR).
The Great Race
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Last year, The Enthusiasts and Auckland University of Technology developed a new brand platform – Find your greatness. This month, they take the campaign up a level.
Film Construction eye on Mental Health AU
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Film Construction NZ has produced a timely series of film vignettes for the Mental Health Commission of NSW’s celebration of World Mental Health.
Sanitarium & Pitchblack lodge ‘formal compliments’
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Pitchblack is encouraging Kiwis to make “formal compliments” about its client Sanitarium’s two new Light ‘n’ Tasty (sic) flavours, Blueberry and Nut-Lovers – both with 25% less sugar than the original range.
Paralympics tvc has a catch – it’s for sale
AUCKLAND, Today: Saatchi & Saatchi and Paralympics New Zealand have created a new TV commercial that they’ve put up for sale. The commercial, which features four New Zealand Paralympians – Scott Martlew, Nikita Howarth, Anna Grimaldi and Corey Peters – is filmed in a gritty style reminiscent of many high-end sports brand commercials.
Summer’s a state of mind
AUCKLAND, Today: Mango Aotearoa NZ has helped launch a new refreshing trio of Mac’s Seltzers – and it’s still winter weather. Mango shaped a campaign that acknowledged the summer-time occasions traditionally associated with drinking seltzers, and the reality of launching it while it’s cold and rainy.
TheMarket & HowtoDAD do Xmas
AUCKLAND, Monday: The Warehouse e-commerce site TheMarket has launched its Get Christmas All Done TV campaign, created in collaboration with Jordan Watson of Kiwi parenting site HowtoDAD and his wife HowtoMum during the lockdown.
NZ sea shanty mystery
AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO has released details about its latest Spark campaign, which centres on a 60” film currently rolling out across cinema, OOH and online – and attracting lots of attention with its Kiwi sea-shanty mystery connection.
Gaming action
PARIS, Wednesday: DDB France, US filmmaker Traktor, and Swedish animator ILP have produced entertaining tvc to promote the latest version Ubisoft computer game Far Cry.
TBWA\NZ’s ANZ We Do How story unfolds
AUCKLAND, Today: Following the successful launch by TBWA/ of ANZ’s We Do How platform, the financial wellbeing story of Ravi, Claire and their two children Sameer and Tara Sharma has unfolded with a new savings story.