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  • Hall of Fame inductee Wendy Rayner speaks

  • Need to know: the latest month in media round-up

  • Who won? Catch up on all YouTube NZ Marketing Awards winners

  • Meet Emi Cross, Marketer of the Future 2026

  • How Griffin’s landed on ‘life needs a biscuit’

  • Beep! Beep! Here comes Marketer of the Year Sean Wiggans

  • Golden advice from Aotearoa’s agency founders

  • Why we need the human touch in the age of AI

Let’s talk about feelings, and why marketers should care
Lumo Pixel Awards 2026 celebrates the ideas shaping New Zealand’s digital OOH future

YouTube NZ Marketing Awards winners 2026

Wendy Rayner’s Marketing Hall of Fame acceptance speech

2026 YouTube NZ Marketing Awards celebrate every angle

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YouTube NZ Marketing Awards winners list 2026

Marketing Hall of Fame winner 2026: Wendy Rayner

Marketer of the Year winner 2026: Sean Wiggans

Marketer of the Future winner 2026: Emi Cross

Marketing Team of the Year winner 2026: Animates

Brand of the Year winner 2026: Trade Me Property

Supreme Marketing Excellence Award winner 2026: Samsung New Zealand

Best Overall Marketing Campaign Award winner 2026: Westpac New Zealand

Excellence in AI Innovation in Marketing winner 2026: 2degrees

Excellence in B2B Marketing Strategy winner 2026: ASB

Excellence in Brand Transformation Strategy winner 2026: AMI Insurance

Excellence in Consumer Products & Services Strategy winner 2026: Stihl

Excellence in Customer & Data-Led Growth winner 2026: Trade Me

Excellence in Fast Moving Consumer Goods Strategy winner 2026: Lactalis-Mainland Dairy

Excellence in Healthcare/Beauty Marketing Strategy winner 2026: Zuru Group

Excellence in Marketing Communication Strategy winner 2026: Lion NZ

Excellence in MarTech Strategy winner 2026: Trade Me

Excellence in New Brand Development winner 2026: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Excellence in Not-for-Profit Marketing Strategy winner 2026: Greyhounds as Pets

Excellence in Sponsorship Strategy winner 2026: ANZ New Zealand

Excellence in Travel/Leisure & Entertainment Marketing Strategy winner 2026: Sixt New Zealand

Excellence in Utilities/Communications Marketing Strategy winner 2026: 2degrees

Best B2B Marketing Campaign winner 2026: OfficeMax

Best Data-Driven Marketing Campaign winner 2026: NZ Post

Best In-House Marketing Campaign winner 2026: Ecostore

Best Marketing on a Shoestring Budget Campaign winner 2026: Auckland Transport

Best Public Sector/Government Marketing Campaign winner 2026: Tourism New Zealand

Best Retail & eCommerce Marketing Campaign winner 2026: KFC New Zealand

Best Use of Video Marketing Campaign winner 2026: Auckland Transport

Industry insight

How can juniors get a foot in the door at agencies?

June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

The job market for juniors is hard as hundreds of grads compete to join the agency rat race. Lola Bellamy-Hill reports from CV land.

AI is an ebike for the mind

June 24, 2025July 8, 2025

Most people don’t know where gen AI is headed. Smudge founder Reuben Bijl says Chat GPT feels like riding an ebike.

Finalists announced for the YouTube NZ Marketing Awards 2025

June 23, 2025January 15, 2026

The wait is over! Finalists announced for the 2025 edition of the YouTube NZ Marketing Awards.

Kiwi business confidence highest since 2021, says Shaping Business Study

June 18, 2025June 19, 2025

2degrees’ 2025 Shaping Business Study has found Kiwi business sector is at its most optimistic since the survey began in 2021.

Meet the founders

Meet the founder: Rise & Shine PR

Meet the founder: Let’s Communicate

Founders on what comes next

Meet the founder: Previously Unavailable

Meet the founder: Pead

Meet the founder: One Plus One Communications

Founders who defied the odds

When agency founders trade equity for real partnerships

Meet the founder: Motion Sickness

Meet the founder: Augusto

Meet the founder: The Counsel

Meet the founder: WPR

Meet the founder: Think Folk

Meet the founder: These Guys I Know

Meet the founder: Run Aotearoa

Meet the founder: R&R

Meet the founder: EightyOne Media

Meet the founder: Calibre + Candor

Meet the founder: Rascal Media

Meet the founder: Special

Meet the founder: Quantum Jump

Meet the founder: YoungShand

Meet the founder: AO Studios

Meet the founder: Insight Creative

Profiles

Bridge over troubled water

July 22, 2024October 16, 2025

Prior to the news of the closure of Newshub, Ryan Bridge sits down with NZ Marketing to talk about his self-titled current affairs show.

The New Era of Michael Hill honours heritage, looks to future

July 16, 2024April 1, 2025

Selling innovation in tight times

July 5, 2024June 3, 2025

Deep dive

Penguins turn Trump’s tariffs into triumph in just 24 hours

June 26, 2025June 27, 2025

Creative studio Kindred didn’t hesitate when the tariff-hit penguins of Heard Island came knocking with an idea. When you think of Donald Trump, penguins aren’t […]

Gen Z spills the tea on agency life

June 13, 2025December 15, 2025

Anthem wants clients to find their most powerful voice

June 10, 2025January 13, 2026

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New research shows magazine readers pay close attention to ads

2027 is the year of ‘be different’, says Federation

How Thompson Spencer creates work that moves culture

Welcome to the YouTube era

Kargo helps brands cut through with premium creative on connected TV

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