A bit of bling for the trophy shelf

If you haven't seen the write up in the Marketing Magazine about the Heart Foundation winning the not-for-profit category at the TVNZ Marketing Awards, don't worry. The above clip gives a brief run down on what made the 2013 Heart Week such a success. We are stoked, and were honoured to have played a part in this awesome win! Congratulations Heart Foundation, you deserve it!

Mini salutes their drivers

While we're not all experts on cars and car brands, there is a kind of car we all know of – the Mini. In the car world, Minis are quite different to the bulk of other vehicles out there, so Mini UK celebrated this point of difference with their 'Not Normal' campaign over the summer. But then Mini took it a step further – they found ways of honoring the 'not normal' relationship Mini owners have with their cars through the use of interactive posters/billboards (salutes) and giveaways. Check out the video below, it's an awesome watch!

Dream a little dream of Cadbury

Got a dream? Is it a dream for childhood (like meeting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) or a dream from current circumstance (like giving the kitchen a much needed overhaul)? Whatever your dream is, Cadbury New Zealand could make it come true. Their latest campaign encourages Kiwis to share the dreams of their loved ones and themselves. They will then fund some of those big ideas and make them a reality, documenting the results (for future TVCs, of course!).

Get in the cockpit and track flights in real time

What began as a hobby project for two aviation geeks in 2006 has now become a website that receives more than 10 million visits a month – and we can see why. Flightradar24 is a service that tracks flights going all over the world in real time. When you tune in to the web version, you get an idea of how busy the sky is. But that's not all. Clicking on each airplane icon gives detailed information about the craft such as the flight number, destination, origin, speed, altitude, aircraft type and more. We spotted one leaving for Fiji from Auckland just half an hour ago, and yes, we may have wished we were on it (it's cold today, okay?).

Celebrating the power of curiosity

How do you condense 65 years of automotive innovation and engineering feats into a 100-second short film, while hinting at the future to come? The Honda 'Hands' spot is the answer – a video celebrating the ongoing curiosity of its engineers. The clip makes light work of Honda's many milestones and takes us on a magical journey that started with one Honda engineer and a lone bolt… from the company's Isle of Man TT-winning motorbikes to its famous robot, ASIMO ("konichiwa!"), this clip is an absolute pleasure to watch.

Gives 'hitting the bottle' a whole new meaning

Kiwis and tourists alike were shocked to find that a small van had crashed into a notable New Zealand landmark, the big L&P bottle, on the weekend. But it wasn't any old van… it was a van belonging to a New Zealand chocolate company, Whittaker's. Coincidence? Well, we now know it was "the accident New Zealand has been waiting for", but it sure caused a fuss on social media sites as well as appearing in the national news.

Enjoy more films like this

Fitted with two cameras on the front bumper, one on the rear bumper and a camera under each side mirror, the Land Rover Discovery 4 is equipped to help motorists navigate almost any terrain… and create some pretty cool flicks. To promote the 360 degree camera system, two TV spots show 'films' that have been captured using these cameras.