Posts Tagged ‘advertising’

Labour’s first campaign ad

Written By: - Date published: 7:06 am, July 18th, 2017 - 124 comments

International interest in Auckland property market

Written By: - Date published: 7:03 am, April 22nd, 2015 - 46 comments

If the latest ad running in Malaysia and Singapore is anything to go by we can expect more fuel to the Auckland property price flames. “How would you like people in New Zealand, to give you around half their weekly wages?”…

Advertisements pretending to be news

Written By: - Date published: 9:45 am, January 13th, 2015 - 25 comments

No surprises to find that The Herald is sliding in to the muddy waters of “advertorials”.

Mighty River is go!

Written By: - Date published: 5:24 pm, March 4th, 2013 - 41 comments

Prepare for the government’s million dollar asset sales ad blitz…

Alcohol distraction

Written By: - Date published: 8:48 am, August 30th, 2012 - 69 comments

Today MPs will have a conscience vote on the drinking age. But National won’t be moving on anything that will hurt the alcohol industry, even though action on price and advertising is what’s really needed to make a difference to New Zealand’s alcohol problem.

Update: And remain at 18 it is.

Electioneering on the public dime?

Written By: - Date published: 9:50 am, June 29th, 2011 - 48 comments

According to Audrey Young: “National and Act, the parties that kicked up a stink in Opposition about Labour’s taxpayer-funded election advertising, are engaging in their own taxpayer-funded binge this month”…

The real target of DB Export campaign

Written By: - Date published: 11:30 am, December 20th, 2010 - 61 comments

There’s an ad campaign at the moment about how DB Export was supposedly created in reaction to the Black Budget. It’s full of lies and a lot of people see it as a slur on Arnold Nordmeyer and Labour in general. In fact, this odd campaign under the slogan ‘how to lose an election’ isn’t about Labour. It’s a warning to National.

Wee gripes: As Kiwi as shrimps on the barbie

Written By: - Date published: 4:00 pm, October 22nd, 2009 - 19 comments

I love the ASB ads saying “We’ve been a Kiwi bank since 1847” No. You were a Kiwi bank. Since 1989 you’ve been owned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Also, what’s up with calling themselves ASB Bank? Auckland Savings Bank Bank?

The conservative brotherhood

Written By: - Date published: 11:38 am, July 29th, 2008 - 12 comments

Eddie’s already posted on the scripts the Tories in the UK used when it came to explaining (away) their associations with dodgy political consultants Crosby Textor. It was the same broken record used here by National in recent weeks. The anti-Blair “demon-eyes” ad below ran in 1997. The ad on the right ran here last […]

TVNZ7 ad

Written By: - Date published: 12:05 pm, July 2nd, 2008 - 13 comments

TVNZ7 have some great content. Looks like some serious effort’s going into their advertising as well. Here’s one that caught my attention the other day. If your eyesight’s anything like mine you might want to click for a larger version.

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