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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’

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  • Golden advice from Aotearoa’s agency founders

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

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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

Real staff shine in brand ads

December 16, 2025March 19, 2026

Who better to champion your brand than the people who rep it every day? It’s no surprise more employees are appearing in ads.

How to join in with events

December 15, 2025March 19, 2026

People love getting together, and events are a great environment to showcase your brand. But how can you show up to the party?

Month in Media October 2025, brought to you by Together

October’s month in media

October 29, 2025November 28, 2025

Each month, Together highlights five standout media stories from New Zealand and beyond. October was a month of acceleration.

AI isn’t coming for your job. It’s coming for your processes

October 10, 2025June 3, 2026

Together’s Matt Bale says that in the AI-augmented future, bots will handle the grind work, leaving creativity and brainpower to humans.

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

Droga5 Aotearoa CCO has a remedy for gunslinger situations

January 7, 2025April 10, 2025

From writing a book to creating the latest ads, creative Damon Stapleton talks to NZ Marketing Magazine about what really is different.

Indie agency Together expands, but the mission remains the same

December 27, 2024October 29, 2025

Kiwi networked agencies have creativity without borders

December 21, 2024July 30, 2026

Deep dive

Subtle by Lumo

How Subtle by Lumo was set in motion

February 26, 2026February 27, 2026

As Subtle by Lumo opens a world of new possibilities to digital outdoor, Lumo CEO Phil Clemas talks to NZ Marketing about getting ‘gentle motion’ on screen.

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Watch how we made NZ Marketing’s issue 85 cover

December 8, 2025December 17, 2025

The man behind the midnight screenings: Rocky Horror Picture Show

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025

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The next chapter for Quantum Jump

A new equilibrium for the media landscape

Has your AI traffic gone up? Here’s how to optimise it further

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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