Colenso BBDO wins NAB’s April Ad of the Month

A press ad for D. Vice, via Colenso BBDO, Auckland has won NAB’s April Newspaper Ad of the Month.

“This ad made me laugh out loud,” said Karen Maurice-O’Leary, “It’s just not what I was expecting when I saw it.”  April judges also included Rene Van Wonderen from M&C Saatchi and Jamie Hitchcock from Colenso BBDO.

Credits for the winning ad:

Executive Creative Director: Nick Worthington

Creative: Jonathan McMahon

Creative: Lisa Fedyszyn

Senior Account Manager: Kate Smart

Producer: Gabrielle Caldwell 

Photographer: Stephen Langdon

Client: D.Vice

Client Contact: Rene Bros/Megan Denize/Wendi Lee

The runner’s up were Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association ‘Give to those who

gave’ created by M&C Saatchi and NZ Army ‘Leaders Required’ created by Saatchi

Wellington. See full details of all ads at www.nabs.co.nz

Thewinning ad will be sponsored into the 2010 Axis Awards, and the winningcreative team will receive $250 cash. The ad will also appear in the”What’s New” section of the May issue of

AdMedia and is an automatic finalist for The Newspaper Ad of Year.

There is just one more opportunity to win Ad of the Month and receive automatic

entry into The Newspaper Ad of Year and its $10,000 cash prize. Competition round ends

May 31st, 2009.

Lexie Ribot

Creative Manager

Newspaper Advertising Bureau

Phone:  (09) 361 2710

Email: lexie@nabs.co.nz