Posts in the ‘News’ category
April 30th, 2010 by Ben Fahy
134 years ago, rugged Southern Men roamed the Mainland prairies and would religiously swig from their bottle of Speight’s after a tough day of clearing gorse, lambing ewes, breaking in horses, tilling soil and mining. And it’s exactly the same down there today. Of course, New Zealanders hate change, but there comes a time when it’s unavoidable, so the Speight’s box is getting a bit of a spruce up. And what better image to signify the Pride of the South than the tussock-clad fields of the Lindis Pass. Read more »
April 30th, 2010 by StopPress Team
The cold winter months are just around the corner and pretty soon the sun’s warmth will seem a distant memory. Fortunately Woman’s Day magazine has just opened its Fiji 2010 trip offering media buyers and their clients three days and three nights at the Intercontinental Fiji Golf Resort and Spa later this year. Read more »
April 30th, 2010 by Ben Fahy
It’s been almost six months since Saatchi & Saatchi’s then chief executive Andrew Stone and executive creative director Mike O’Sullivan packed their bags and wandered out the doors. Not surprisingly, the rumours about their future plans were plentiful, but the major one, that the pair would be getting into bed with Droga5, has now come to fruition. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by Ben Fahy
If you believe the comments of the erudite chaps enlisted to talk about New Zealand’s economic situation at the CAANZ/ANZA seminar ‘Nurturing the Green Shoots’, it’s all good news for the marcomms industry in 2010 and the years ahead. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by StopPress Team
Ecostore wants to take on the world. So it’s appointed Special Group as the design and communications agency to help do it. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by Ben Fahy
There was a bit of a stoush a while back about the casting of an actor in a new Steinlager Pure TVC. In keeping with the traditional Kiwi approach to self-worth, where nothing is deemed properly good unless it’s been endorsed by foreigners, ‘famous big time thespian’ Vincent Gallo was signed up to star, rather than a Kiwi actor. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by StopPress Team
Heyho! The TVNV-NZ Marketing awards are all go, for 2010. And somehow that rhymes. Now in their 19th year, the 2010 TVNZ–NZ Marketing Awards celebrate proven excellence in New Zealand marketing. The awards are run as a joint venture between NZ Marketing magazine and the New Zealand Marketing Association (NZMA). And there’s some exciting news, too. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by StopPress Team
Sustainable business just got whole lot hotter, or cooler, with the launch of Celsias Weekly, a newsletter and daily new service and social media website for green business. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by StopPress Team
The next round of New Zealand Post Targeted Communications’ hugely popular (and free) direct marketing workshops is upon us and marketers are urged to book their places as soon as possible to avoid a lifetime of bitter regret, low self esteem and other forms of emotional damage. Read more »
April 29th, 2010 by StopPress Team
There have been a plethora of announcements about finalists and nomination lists for international advertising awards in the last few days. And just a select few Kiwi agencies have garnered accolades and praise for their handiwork. Read more »
