Tag Archives: new zealand

Crikey. We’re in February already so trying to write some words about the best antipodean campaigns of 2014 is surprisingly much harder than I thought, especially when it’s blurred with the hustle and bustle of 2015. In fact, trying to ...

It’s no secret that the majority of advertising is either bland, not much better than wallpaper, or worse – it’s an annoying interruption. People tune it out and move on. That’s a problem we all have a stake in fixing, ...

BBDO’s antipodean Clemenger empire packs a powerful creative punch and Clemenger BBDO New Zealand has delivered again with this hard-hitting film for the New Zealand Transport Authority. Everybody’s pro-road safety, until they get behind the wheel of a car. This ...

More awards stuff: The UK’s D&AD Awards is now open to the world and New Zealand seems to have made a strong early showing with, among others, this campaign from DraftFCB (of all people) for NZ animal charity the SPCA. ...

World rugby’s governing body the International Rugby board rules with an iron hand, far more so than football bodies FIFA and UEFA, but the success of the Rugby World Cup (in TV viewing terms if not necessarily the quality of ...

The Rugby World Cup is highlighting some terrific commercials including this one for Volkswagen from DDB London. Among other things it shows the power of music, in this case a version of the Beach Boys’ seminal ‘Wouldn’t it be nice’ ...

The South Africans are still smarting after their defeat against Australia in the Rugby World Cup quarter finals last weekend but tell-it-like-it-is insurance company Frank.net and agency Fox P2 are trying to turn it to their advantage with this topical ...

Most of New Zealand is currently glued to its TV set as the All Blacks rugby team tries to win the Rugby World Cup for the first time since the inaugural competition in 1987. So it’s pretty good timing from ...

What a shame Bacardi-Martini didn’t bring back this William Lawson’s ad from 2000 for this year’s Rugby World Cup. Confronting those haka-mad Kiwis with some vintage Braveheart would have been just the ticket. Even better if Scotland had qualified for ...