TVNZ NZ Marketing Magazine Marketing Awards

I was lucky enough to be invited to the TVNZ NZ Marketing Magazine Marketing Awards last week at the SKYCITY convention centre in Auckland. Hat tip to Graham Medcalf and his team who put on a fantastic event, it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and my congratulations to all the winners.

Front row (left to right) Sue McCarty, Chief Executive, Marketing Association, Sandra King, Group Advertising and Marketing Manager, Fairfax Media, Simon Young, Founder, Simon Young Writers and iJump Back row (left to right) Lisa Fitzpatrick, Marketing Manager, Marketing Association, Graham Medcalf, Editor, Marketing Magazine, Rob Davis, Director, Admission, Paul Matthews, Account Manager, Bullet PR, Juliette Bavister, Marketing Manager, 3media Group, Rosalind Malone, Events Manager, 3media Group

McDonald?s Restaurants (NZ) walked away with both the Morton Estate Wines Retail Award and the Fairfax Supreme Award for marketing excellence, the M&C Saatchi Rookie Marketer of the Year Winner for 2008 was Marisa Govorko from DB Breweries, and TVNZ?s head of marketing and emerging business, Jason Paris, was awarded the ultimate accolade of Marketer of the Year.

TVNZ has really been pushing the envelope in the marketing and digital space so it was good to see some recognition for them; incidentally, Jason Paris is speaking at Digital Future Now next week at the SKYCITY Convention Centre. I will be heading along to see what he has to say, hopefully see you there!