ASA in the News
The following articles mentioning the ASA have appeared in the media:
April 2022
- $3.2 billion! (M+AD Daily)
- ASA Releases 2021 Advertising Turnover (Scoop)
- Voices for Freedom billboards taken down after Advertising Standards Authority deems them ‘misleading and irresponsible’ (Newshub)
- Kindergarten teacher takes on alcohol giant over Smirnoff vodka ad and wins (Stuff)
March 2022
- Ad claiming hand sanitiser sprayed on face masks will stop Covid-19 germs to be removed (NZ Herald)
- Influencer Simone Anderson taken to ASA over ‘misleading’ promotion of rapid antigen tests (Newshub)
- All Black heroes’ alcohol ads draw lawmakers’ attention to impact on young (Newsroom)
- COVID 19 Omicron outbreak: Social media influencer Simone Anderson investigated over Covid test promo (NZ Herald)
- New Zealand: Advertising A Financial Product Or Service In New Zealand? Read On. (Mondaq)
February 2022
- Advertising Standards Authority says its hands are tied after racist pamphlets return to Auckland letterboxes (NZ Herald)
- COVID-19 misinformation fliers breach advertising standards – ASA (RNZ)
- COVID-19: ASA rules anti-vax Voices for Freedom’s flyers misleading, socially irresponsible (NZ Herald)
January 2022
- ASA shuts down complaints Government’s COVID-19 ad is too sexual (Newshub)
- Advertising Standards Authority upholds complaint against Hamilton car dealership’s misleading COVID-19 post (Newshub)
- New Zealand study finds children exposed to a brand every minute (Newshub)
- Complaint over KiwiRail freight hub ‘inaccuracies’ given short shrift (Stuff)
December 2021
- Sex toy billboard too racy for some
- Letters between mayors and minister reveal strained relationship on Three Waters reform
- Advertising Standards Authority rules in favour of Government’s Three Waters ad despite seven complaints
- Complaint against ‘misleading’ advertisement by anti-5G supplement company linked to Jami-Lee Ross upheld by watchdog
November 2021
October 2021
- Critics say government Three Waters advertising campaign is ‘irresponsible, misleading’
- Facebook bans NZ period underwear ad over use of real blood
- ‘Go to Hell’: Hell Pizza’s most offensive, controversial campaigns revealed
- Pitchblack, Sanitarium lodge formal compliments over Light ‘n’ Tasty
- Nitro Vodka pulls advertising after flurry of complaints
September 2021
- ASA calls for submissions on draft Financial Advertising Code
https://stoppress.co.nz/news/asa-calls-for-submissions-on-draft-financial-advertising-code/ - Genuine error’ led to incorrect information in Covid-19 vaccine ad, Government says
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/126242692/genuine-error-led-to-incorrect-information-in-covid19-vaccine-ad-government-says - Covid-19: Misinformation flyer alarms Napier residents
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126247745/covid19-misinformation-flyer-alarms-napier-residents - Personalised Speight’s advert ‘dangerous’ and ‘creepy’, recovering alcoholic says
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/126260031/personalised-speights-advert-dangerous-and-creepy-recovering-alcoholic-says - Covid-19: Anti-vax group drops leaflets in Auckland, despite lockdown
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300406464/covid19-antivax-group-drops-leaflets-in-auckland-despite-lockdown - Highlanders allowed to keep beer logo
https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/highlanders-allowed-keep-beer-logo
August 2021
- Anti-vax group’s ‘free speech’ billboards pulled from RNZ building
https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/03-08-2021/anti-vax-group-has-billboards-pulled-from-rnz-building - Covid 19 coronavirus: Anti-vax group Voices For Freedom advertising removed from Auckland billboards
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-anti-vax-group-voices-for-freedom-advertising-removed-from-auckland-billboards/MKGSGL2N7KL5ZOL4WCN6JTIGS4/ - Covid-19: Advertiser pulls anti-vax group’s ‘free speech’ billboard campaign
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/125952493/covid19-advertiser-pulls-antivax-groups-free-speech-billboard-campaign - Outrage over racist booklets appearing in Auckland letterboxes
https:///www.stuff.co.nz/national/maori-tv/300375014/outrage-over-racist-booklets-appearing-in-auckland-letterboxes - Greenwashing as a marketing tactic
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018807445/greenwashing-as-a-marketing-tactic - Simon Bridges: an introvert with a thick accent in an extrovert’s world
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/125984873/simon-bridges-an-introvert-with-a-thick-accent-in-an-extroverts-world
July 2021
- The best ‘inappropriate’ and ‘annoying’ ad complaints rubbished by the ASA
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/14-07-2021/the-best-inappropriate-and-annoying-ad-complaints-rubbished-by-the-asa/ - Do new alcohol advertising guidelines lack teeth?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018802251/do-new-alcohol-advertising-guidelines-lack-teeth - Tenant hosting meeting on anti-vaccination
https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/local-news/20210731/48621/ - Speak up For Women controversy: Billboard removed, mayor apologises
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/speak-up-for-women-controversy-billboard-removed-mayor-apologises/CGUGDIAATDU3CCE56TUMCMJOQM/ - ‘Anti-trans’ billboard removed from Wellington’s CBD
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/anti-trans-billboard-removed-wellingtons-cbd - First Gas ‘zero carbon’ gas advert pulled for misleading claims
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/125841196/first-gas-zero-carbon-gas-advert-pulled-for-misleading-claims - Good one, ASA, for saying this gas ad misleads. Shame on you for failing to call it irresponsible
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/23-07-2021/good-one-asa-for-saying-this-gas-ad-misleads-shame-on-you-for-failing-to-call-it-irresponsible/
June 2021
- Simone Anderson cleared by ASA over cord blood post but accused of deleting negative comments
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/simone-anderson-cleared-by-asa-over-cord-blood-post-but-accused-of-deleting-negative-comments/TPNHN5KLNZZIJHI44QI5I3CK4Y/ - ‘Deeply misleading’ Covid-19 leaflets cause distress to at-risk resident
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/444644/deeply-misleading-covid-19-leaflets-cause-distress-to-at-risk-resident - Smokefree ad on bus sent ‘subliminal message’ to quit school, complainant says
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125408582/smokefree-ad-on-bus-sent-subliminal-message-to-quit-school-complainant-says - Google pays tax in NZ, Facebook doesn’t. Can a heralded new global tax agreement change that?
https://thespinoff.co.nz/money/10-06-2021/google-pays-tax-in-nz-facebook-doesnt-can-a-heralded-new-global-tax-agreement-change-that/ - Complaints against anti-vax leaflet largely upheld by Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300329450/complaints-against-antivax-leaflet-largely-upheld-by-advertising-standards-authority - Calls for Highlanders to ditch Speight’s jersey sponsor
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/nicki-jackson-calls-for-highlanders-to-ditch-speights-jersey-sponsor/ - Auckland public health service calls for crack-down on liquor industry
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/300324265/auckland-public-health-service-calls-for-crackdown-on-liquor-industry - Complaint made over Highlander’s Speight’s branding display
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/443916/complaint-made-over-highlander-s-speight-s-branding-display - Call for beer tax to help sports clubs break free of alcohol sponsorship
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/06/call-for-beer-tax-to-help-sports-clubs-break-free-of-alcohol-sponsorship.html - Question of the Day: Should alcohol companies be banned from sponsoring sports teams?
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2021/06/question-of-the-day-should-alcohol-companies-be-banned-from-sponsoring-sports-teams.html - Duncan Garner: The alcohol do-gooders have gone too far this time – it’s woke culture gone mad
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/06/duncan-garner-the-alcohol-do-gooders-have-gone-too-far-this-time-it-s-woke-culture-gone-mad.html - Speight’s sponsorship of Highlands Super Rugby team prompts complaint
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/speights-sponsorship-of-highlands-super-rugby-team-prompts-complaint/5JXCGP6UIEP44XEYU6NK4RVDZU/ - Speight’s Highlanders face having to remove booze branding from jersey
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/speights-highlanders-face-removing-booze-branding-from-jersey - Speight’s sponsorship of team prompts complaint
https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/highlanders/speight%E2%80%99s-sponsorship-team-prompts-complaint
May 2021
- Coronavirus Covid 19: Vaccine flyer dropped in Whanganui letterboxes ‘a whole lot of hogwash’
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-flyer-dropped-in-whanganui-letterboxes-a-whole-lot-of-hogwash/EYH6L2KIIOHC76VTR5QN6IC3CA/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nzh_fb&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1622234926 - Influencer Advertising: Increased Complaints Command Increased Compliance
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=83778227-c54d-42fb-a21e-76436f45e8ed - ACT’s ‘we’ll tax you harder’ ad featuring Jacinda Ardern removed after complaint it was ‘misleading’
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/act-s-we-ll-tax-you-harder-ad-featuring-jacinda-ardern-removed-after-complaint-it-was-misleading.html - Evidence supports a proposed Parliamentary Bill to reduce harm from alcohol sponsorship of sport
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/evidence-supports-a-proposed-parliamentary-bill-to-reduce-harm-from-alcohol-sponsorship-of-sport/ - ASA asks for industry input as it reviews financial advertising rules
https://www.goodreturns.co.nz/article/976518692/asa-asks-for-industry-input-as-it-reviews-financial-advertising-rules.html - Code of honour
https://www.mad-daily.com/asa-call-for-agency-backup/ - New Zealand: Advertisement pulled due to incorrect pronunciation of Māori place name
https://www.managingip.com/article/b1rwq8n3wnfrg5/new-zealand-advertisement-pulled-due-to-incorrect-pronunciation-of-mori-place-name - Mothers advocacy ad, which was banned due to depiction of suicide, returns
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/baby/300308070/mothers-advocacy-ad-which-was-banned-due-to-depiction-of-suicide-returns - Covid-19: MP slams anti-vax group for leaflet drop in week vaccine clinic opens
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300307530/covid19-mp-slams-antivax-group-for-leaflet-drop-in-week-vaccine-clinic-opens - Simone Anderson’s social post on cord blood banking being assessed
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/simone-andersons-social-post-on-cord-blood-banking-being-assessed/4XPWBRLOLE6U3DOPQOWQHA2LGU/ - Child delivers Covid anti-vax leaflet
https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/editorial/opinion/20210507/child-delivers-covid-anti-vax-leaflet/ - Ace The Gram: #80: NZ ASA Chief Executive answers all your burning Instagram AD questions *Surprising Answers
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Zt5I3hqVZnwYCM3m3W8qU - Misinformation on Covid-19 vaccines dropped in letterboxes
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/441968/misinformation-on-covid-19-vaccines-dropped-in-letterboxes - Covid 19 coronavirus: Misinformation on vaccines dropped in letterboxes
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-misinformation-on-vaccines-dropped-in-letterboxes/NRBCANHPCVU7SA2EEWI6EI4ZIA/ - Anti-vax leaflet campaign being investigated by Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300292070/antivax-leaflet-campaign-being-investigated-by-advertising-standards-authority - Car dealer’s radio ad removed after ASA rules incorrect pronunciation of Rangiora ‘harmful’
https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/125038987/car-dealers-radio-ad-removed-after-asa-rules-incorrect-pronunciation-of-rangiora-harmful - Complaints about influencers increases advertising watchdog’s workload by 78 per cent
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/125001745/complaints-about-influencers-increases-advertising-watchdogs-workload-by-78-per-cent
April 2021
- Ads for period products rejected by Facebook, LinkedIn for ‘sexual content’
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300281887/ads-for-period-products-rejected-by-facebook-linkedin-for-sexual-content - Instant Finance removes handbag hitting scene from TV ad
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/440710/instant-finance-removes-handbag-hitting-scene-from-tv-ad - ASA decisions: NZ Instagram influencers caught out for not classifying ads as ads
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/04/asa-decisions-nz-instagram-influencers-caught-out-for-not-classifying-ads-as-ads.html - Scene from Coco Pops TV advert pulled for showing kids riding bikes on footpath
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/04/scene-from-coco-pops-tv-advert-pulled-for-showing-kids-riding-bikes-on-footpath.html - Public health experts, DHBs call for alcohol law change to protect young Kiwis
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/300266245/public-health-experts-dhbs-call-for-alcohol-law-change-to-protect-young-kiwis - Pizza and reading not a good mix for kids, complaints say
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124753174/pizza-and-reading-not-a-good-mix-for-kids-complaints-say?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter - Damien Venuto: Influencer marketing has long been a mess. Could this move clean it up?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/damien-venuto-influencer-marketing-has-long-been-a-mess-could-this-move-clean-it-up/PI7RVW6EY7TFKT3DOTFFXSZFU4/ - Complaints Skinny broadband ad ‘makes light of kidnapping’ thrown out by authority
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124799656/complaints-skinny-broadband-ad-makes-light-of-kidnapping-thrown-out-by-authority - Half of all advertising dollars now spent online
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/half-all-advertising-dollars-now-online - Covid-19 denier boasts about flying without a mask with special exemption card
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/124839468/covid19-denier-boasts-about-flying-without-a-mask-with-special-exemption-card - Kellogg’s pulls scene from Coco Pops ad over complaints about kids biking on footpath
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/124861637/kelloggs-pulls-scene-from-coco-pops-ad-over-complaints-about-kids-biking-on-footpath
March 2021
- Health Minister Andrew Little says maternal suicide video was a misrepresentation of Government’s investment into mental health resources
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-minister-andrew-little-says-maternal-suicide-video-was-a-misrepresentation-of-governments-investment-into-mental-health-resources/AIAPSUHZJZSK7WBPOYNTBEDRHE/ - Digital ad revenue surge
https://www.mad-daily.com/nz-digital-ad-revenue-up/ - NZ ad revenue dip
https://www.mad-daily.com/2020-nz-ad-revenue-dips/ - MIL-OSI New Zealand: Media Release: ASA Releases 2020 Advertising Turnover
https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2021/03/31/mil-osi-new-zealand-media-release-asa-releases-2020-advertising-turnover/ - Suicide ads for mothers ordered off-air by the Advertising Standards Office
https://eminetra.co.nz/suicide-ads-for-mothers-ordered-off-air-by-the-advertising-standards-office/221771/ - Maternal suicide: Act Party leader David Seymour outraged at ‘essential’ advert taken off air
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/maternal-suicide-act-party-leader-david-seymour-outraged-at-essential-advert-taken-off-air/C7TUR56R6X2WPQYW3N7HYBUTT4/ - Maternal suicide advert ordered off-air by Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/maternal-suicide-advert-ordered-off-air-by-advertising-standards-authority/OHYE57EVQTQ2D6N333M6OABWUA/ - Maternal suicide advert ordered off-air after complaints, warning it would ‘cost lives’
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/mums-life/300263714/maternal-suicide-advert-ordered-offair-after-complaints-warning-it-would-cost-lives - BNZ pulls TV ad portraying ‘common stigma of Māori’
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/124676628/bnz-pulls-tv-ad-portraying-common-stigma-of-mori] - Social media big hitters: The secret lives of modern influencers
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300262403/social-media-big-hitters-the-secret-lives-of-modern-influencers - COVID-19 safety advert pulled off TV for promoting unsafe behaviour
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/covid-19-safety-advert-pulled-off-tv-for-promoting-unsafe-behaviour.html - UberEats’ new alcohol delivery service slated by Hāpai te Hauora as ‘irresponsible’, ‘out-of-touch’
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/ubereats-new-alcohol-delivery-service-slated-by-h-pai-te-hauora-as-irresponsible-out-of-touch.html - Comparative advertising and IP
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5aceba77-3818-45da-bf5c-f856dd302251 - Calendar Girls Instagram advert pulled after concerns over messaging
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124569001/calendar-girls-instagram-advert-pulled-after-concerns-over-messaging - The Detail: Cashing in on conspiracies with snake oil
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/health–science/cashing-in-on-conspiracies-with-snake-oil - The Detail: Are laws regulating the sale of natural remedies ripe for exploitation?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/the-detail/300251508/the-detail-are-laws-regulating-the-sale-of-natural-remedies-ripe-for-exploitation - The new snake oil salesmen
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018787252/the-new-snake-oil-salesmen - CWH PINGED OVER AD CLAIMS
https://ajp.com.au/news/cwh-pinged-over-ad-claims/ - Chemist Warehouse ordered to withdraw ‘number one’ advertising
https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/chemist-warehouse-ordered-withdraw-number-one-advertising - Influencers under fire over disclosure of paid content
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124472358/influencers-under-fire-over-disclosure-of-paid-content - Big brands accused of ‘Covid-washing’ to push junk food during lockdown
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124490570/big-brands-accused-of-covidwashing-to-push-junk-food-during-lockdown - Advertising codes and guidelines biased, one-sided and racist – KKT Trust
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/te-karere/home/advertising-codes-and-guidelines-biased–one-sided-and-racist— - Fast food brands used NZ’s lockdown to market unhealthy nibbles
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-03-fast-food-brands-nz-lockdown.html - Junk food brands accused of ‘COVID-washing’, taking advantage of pandemic to ‘undermine public health’
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/junk-food-brands-accused-of-covid-washing-taking-advantage-of-pandemic-to-undermine-public-health.html - Brands leverage Covid-19 lockdown to market unhealthy food, drinks
https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undoctored/brands-leverage-covid-19-lockdown-market-unhealthy-food-drinks - Alcohol sales review would target ‘irresponsible’ promos
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/targeting-irresponsible-alcohol-promos - You can stop arguing now, we’ve ranked every bean we could think of
https://www.thespinoff.co.nz/food/05-03-2021/you-can-stop-arguing-now-weve-ranked-every-bean-we-could-think-of/ - Milk advert banned
https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/dairy-news/dairy-opinion/milking-it/milk-advert-banned
February 2021
- Liquor companies flout own codes on targeting children and sexualised ads
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/liquor-companies-flout-own-advert-rules - Wellington mother says footpath cycling ban forces kids to break the law
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/wellington-mother-says-footpath-cycling-ban-forces-kids-to-break-the-law.html - Few complaints about alcohol advertising are upheld, study finds
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/few-complaints-about-alcohol-advertising-are-upheld-study-finds.html - Support for clampdown on unhealthy food marketing
https://sunlive.co.nz/news/262441-support-clampdown-on-unhealthy-food-marketing.html - Ineffective voluntary code for alcohol advertising must be scrapped
https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undoctored/ineffective-voluntary-code-alcohol-advertising-must-be-scrapped - Groundswell of opposition to children’s junk food ads as code nears review
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124296613/groundswell-of-opposition-to-childrens-junk-food-ads-as-code-nears-review - Meadowfresh ad showing girl riding her bike on a footpath banned
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/hilary-souter-meadowfresh-ad-showing-girl-riding-her-bike-on-a-footpath-banned/ - Meadow Fresh milk advertisement banned from television for showing a girl riding a bike on footpath
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2021/02/meadow-fresh-milk-advertisement-banned-from-television-for-showing-a-girl-riding-a-bike-on-footpath.html - Meadow Fresh ad banned from TV for showing girl riding bike on footpath for 3m
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124258640/meadow-fresh-ad-banned-from-tv-for-showing-girl-riding-bike-on-footpath-for-3m - Support for clampdown on unhealthy food marketing
https://sunlive.co.nz/news/262441-support-clampdown-on-unhealthy-food-marketing.html - Time to change marketing to children
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/time-change-marketing-children - Advertising Standards Authority upholds further complaints against Kiwi Instagram influencer Simone Anderson – Newshub
https://newzealandonlinenews.co.nz/advertising-standards-authority-upholds-further-complaints-against-kiwi-instagram-influencer-simone-anderson-newshub/ - Morning Briefing Feb 12: A bad week gets worse for Air NZ
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/morning-briefing-feb-12-bad-week-gets-worse-air-nz - Social media influencer Simone Anderson corrected again by ASA after another breach
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/social-media-influencer-simone-anderson-corrected-again-asa-after-another-breach - Advertising Standards Authority upholds further complaints against Kiwi Instagram influencer Simone Anderson
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/02/advertising-standards-authority-upholds-further-complaints-against-kiwi-instagram-influencer-simone-anderson.html - Two Out Of Three Kiwis Support Clampdown On Unhealthy Food Marketing To Kids
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2102/S00069/two-out-of-three-kiwis-support-clampdown-on-unhealthy-food-marketing-to-kids.htm - Hell Pizza teams up with adult toy store to include vibrators with pizza in Valentine’s Day promotion
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2021/02/hell-pizza-teams-up-with-adult-toy-store-to-include-vibrators-with-pizza-in-valentine-s-day-promotion.html - Takeaway vibrators: Hell Pizza’s X-rated Valentine’s Day move
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/takeaway-vibrators-hell-pizzas-x-rated-valentines-day-move/EXISPTO7RTNQUM2CYZ5H4IRVWE/
January 2021
- What’s the buzz about Manuka honey?
https://www.simpsongrierson.com/articles/2021/whats-the-buzz-about-manuka-honey - How social media influencers inspire young people to starve themselves
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/300216275/how-social-media-influencers-inspire-young-people-to-starve-themselves - Six60 facing backlash after appearing on Lotto scratchie ticket
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/six60-facing-backlash-after-appearing-on-lotto-scratchie-ticket/75Q7NNW7AC45VLLA4MHCKPQUB4/ - Six60 facing backlash after appearing on Lotto scratchie ticket
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/six60-face-backlash-after-appearing-lotto-scratchie-ticket - Six60 facing backlash after appearing on Lotto scratchie ticket
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/435227/six60-facing-backlash-after-appearing-on-lotto-scratchie-ticket - Should we ban adverts for inefficient petrol and diesel cars?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/123902573/should-we-ban-adverts-for-inefficient-petrol-and-diesel-cars - Volvo ad where woman falls asleep at wheel banned from airwaves
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124038069/volvo-ad-where-woman-falls-asleep-at-wheel-banned-from-airwaves - How Makaia Carr is using her influence to help those in need
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/123990326/how-makaia-carr-is-using-her-influence-to-help-those-in-need - Glamorous alcohol ads hide ugly truth
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/glamorous-alcohol-ads-hide-ugly-truth - Pedigree pulls pet adoption drive advert criticised for ‘normalising child abuse’
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/pedigree-pulls-pet-adoption-drive-advert-criticised-normalising-child-abuse - Instagram star Simone Anderson is expecting a baby
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/pregnancy/expecting/300204846/instagram-star-simone-anderson-is-expecting-a-baby - Pondering a side hustle? Here’s what you need to know
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123847606/pondering-a-side-hustle-heres-what-you-need-to-know - BUGGER ME: COUNTING DOWN TOYOTA’S 10 BEST KIWI ADS OF ALL TIME
https://www.autocar.co.nz/autocar-news-app/bugger-me-counting-down-toyotas-10-best-kiwi-ads-of-all-time?A=SearchResult&SearchID=5439112&ObjectID=9681199&ObjectType=35
December 2020
- Influencers turn to the law for ‘tit for tat’ online spats
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123743433/influencers-turn-to-the-law-for-tit-for-tat-online-spats - In this digital economy, can we really trust social media influencers?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/300192232/in-this-digital-economy-can-we-really-trust-social-media-influencers - Activists upset by Steinlager beer ad
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018778305/activists-upset-by-steinlager-beer-ad - Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals
https://healthcentral.nz/regulation-of-alcohol-marketing-is-needed-to-meet-health-wellbeing-and-equity-goals/ - How Makaia Carr is using her influence to help those in need
https://womanmagazine.co.nz/nz-women/how-makaia-carr-using-influence-help-in-need - Highly annoying’: Complaint about Noel Leeming TV advert that turns on viewer’s smart speakers
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2020/12/highly-annoying-complaint-about-noel-leeming-tv-advert-that-turns-on-viewer-s-smart-speakers.html - There’s strong support for the Government to set the standards for how alcohol is marketed
https://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=324313 - Kiwi social media influencers settle out of court after online stoush
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwi-social-media-influencers-settle-out-of-court-after-online-stoush/DHXEGCFN5MI5GHHW75WO3I3BKE/ - Sir Graham Lowe: Keep alcohol ads away from our kids
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/sir-graham-lowe-keep-alcohol-ads-away-from-our-kids/HRB5XK3ONTZXIRIVNEAX6Q76TA/ - Booze ad rules too loose for docs
https://www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjYyOTI=/Paakiwaha/Booze-ad-rules-too-loose-for-docs - Members of 1995 Moruroa anti-nuclear flotilla ‘incensed’ that Steinlager ‘appropriated’ protest for new ad campaign
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/12/members-of-1995-moruroa-anti-nuclear-flotilla-incensed-that-steinlager-appropriated-protest-for-new-ad-campaign.html - Alcohol industry says adverts don’t increase consumption, no need for tighter rules
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/alcohol-industry-says-adverts-don-t-increase-consumption-so-need-for-tighter-rules.html - Food advertising code is working
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/food-advertising-code-is-working - Call for tighter rules around alcohol advertising
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/call-for-tighter-rules-around-alcohol-advertising.html - Media Release: Voluntary Code Will Not Protect Us From Harmful Alcohol Marketing.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE2012/S00071/media-release-voluntary-code-will-not-protect-us-from-harmful-alcohol-marketing.htm - NZMA Supports Call For Government To Set The Standards For How The Alcohol Industry Is Allowed To Market Its Products.
https://www.nzma.org.nz/media-releases/nzma-supports-call-for-government-to-set-the-standards-for-how-the-alcohol-industry-is-allowed-to-market-its-products - Voluntary advertising Code prioritises alcohol industry over community
https://news.fuseworksmedia.com/e1546536-0b0f-47b7-943e-b62e94fa32f4 - ASA Releases New Alcohol Advertising And Promotion Code
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2012/S00346/asa-releases-new-alcohol-advertising-and-promotion-code.htm - Regulation of alcohol marketing is needed to meet health, wellbeing and equity goals
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/pubhealthexpert/?p=9304 - ASA Releases New Alcohol Advertising And Promotion Code
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2012/S00346/asa-releases-new-alcohol-advertising-and-promotion-code.htm - Outraged dentists want Coca-Cola 18-can pack with ‘mum’ and ‘bub’ removed from shelves
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/123710275/outraged-dentists-want-cocacola-18can-pack-with-mum-and-bub-removed-from-shelves - Stronger rules needed for unhealthy food ads
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/ideasroom/stronger-rules-needed-for-unhealthy-food-ads - This Steinlager ad distorts the truth about anti-nuclear protest in the Pacific
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/16-12-2020/this-steinlager-ad-distorts-the-truth-about-anti-nuclear-protest-in-the-pacific/ - The cannabis vote was a disgrace. And the court case to overturn it is doomed
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-12-2020/the-cannabis-vote-was-a-disgrace-and-the-court-case-to-overturn-it-is-doomed/ - Legal bid underway to dismiss cannabis referendum result
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018776069/legal-bid-underway-to-dismiss-cannabis-referendum-result - Chris Trotter questions whether Stuff is about to prove the veracity of the right-wing meme: ‘Go Woke, Go Broke’
https://www.interest.co.nz/opinion/108280/chris-trotter-questions-whether-stuff-about-prove-veracity-right-wing-meme-go-woke-go - Advertising Standards Authority releases new advertising standards for influencers
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=5870979e-ce72-4e5e-85b0-cf1274aeb004&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2020-12-04&utm_term=
November 2020
- Government urged to introduce feebate scheme for EVs
https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/evs/123524273/government-urged-to-introduce-feebate-scheme-for-evs - Dodgy digital election ads: Does the watchdog need teeth?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018773656/dodgy-digital-election-ads-does-the-watchdog-need-teeth - Privacy law refreshed to reflect the times
https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/privacy-law-refreshed-reflect-times - National Party wealth tax election ad found to be misleading
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/decision-2020/national-party-wealth-tax-election-ad-found-be-misleading - Judith Collins shrugs off ‘misleading’ wealth tax ad as Jacinda Ardern reflects on misrepresentation of policies
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/11/judith-collins-shrugs-off-misleading-wealth-tax-ad-as-jacinda-ardern-reflects-on-misrepresentation-of-policies.html - National Party wealth tax election ad found to be misleading
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/430727/national-party-wealth-tax-election-ad-found-to-be-misleading - National Party wealth tax election ad misleading – Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/11/national-party-wealth-tax-election-ad-misleading-advertising-standards-authority.html - Golriz Ghahraman slams National over misleading wealth tax ad
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/11/golriz-ghahraman-slams-national-over-misleading-wealth-tax-ad.html - Misinformation: One in ten Kiwis own up to sharing incorrect information online
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300159963/misinformation-one-in-ten-kiwis-own-up-to-sharing-incorrect-information-online - Next steps for Rotorua’s sex work bylaw, and half a million more proposed for Whakarewarewa forest redevelopment
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/123355445/next-steps-for-rotoruas-sex-work-bylaw-and-half-a-million-more-proposed-for-whakarewarewa-forest-redevelopment - Analysis: The online ad campaigns fought over the weed and euthanasia referendums
https://thespinoff.co.nz/money/09-11-2020/inside-the-facebook-and-google-ad-spend-on-the-weed-and-euthanasia-referendums/ - Starting point for Meridian sanction should be $38m, Haast Energy says
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123337324/starting-point-for-meridian-sanction-should-be-38m-haast-energy-says - Burrito makers accused of misusing Latin American and Mexican cultures
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123317639/burrito-makers-accused-of-misusing-latin-american-and-mexican-cultures - Strengthening hate speech laws or attacking free speech?
https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-opinion/strengthening-hate-speech-laws-or-attacking-free-speech - Ovation from Iceland
https://www.mad-daily.com/meridian-lassoos-iceland/ - Did misinformation sway cannabis referendum votes?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cannabis-referendum/123239460/did-misinformation-sway-cannabis-referendum-votes
October 2020
- Conscious consumers, beware: green energy isn’t as straightforward as you think
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-10-2020/conscious-consumers-beware-green-energy-isnt-as-straightforward-as-you-think/ - Should we fear fake news in our politics?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018769801/should-we-fear-fake-news-in-our-politics - MOBILE FOCUS: SURFACE DUO IN NZ + IPHONE 12, OPPO RENO2 5G, NASA & BELL LABS 4G FOR THE MOON
https://nztechpodcast.com/microsoft-surface-duo-nz/ - The Big Read: Three things to know about NZ’s big Covid 19 vaccine roll-out
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-big-read-three-things-to-know-about-nzs-big-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out/P7HIVKGYOGVMOMI6XLWK3DIUOU/ - Online Political Campaigning in New Zealand
https://www.transparency.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Online-Political-Advertising-TINZ-publication.pdf - Keep Thinking and Carry on – Online political campaigning in New Zealand
https://www.transparency.org.nz/newsletter/transparency-times-october-2020/#keep-thinking-carry-political-campaigning-new-zealand - Facebook cracks down on New Zealand conspiracy theorist’s political party
https://www.campaignasia.com/article/facebook-cracks-down-on-new-zealand-conspiracy-theorists-political-party/464300 - Facebook shuts NZ party’s page ahead of election
https://themalaysianreserve.com/2020/10/16/facebook-shuts-nz-partys-page-ahead-of-election/ - New Zealand: Leftist Darling Jacinda Ardern Set to Win Election She Delayed
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/10/15/new-zealand-leftist-darling-jacinda-ardern-set-for-re-election/ - NZ Election 2020: Complaint against ‘irresponsible’ Advance NZ advertisement claiming ‘mandatory’ COVID-19 vaccines upheld
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/nz-election-2020-complaint-against-irresponsible-advance-nz-advertisement-claiming-mandatory-covid-19-vaccines-upheld.html - Advance New Zealand ordered to pull ‘misleading’ advertisement
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/advance-new-zealand-ordered-to-pull-misleading-advertisement/3CB7YQADCYYHHEII3U73E2JP4A/ - Facebook shuts New Zealand party’s page shut over ‘misinformation’ ahead of election
https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/facebook-shuts-new-zealand-partys-page-shut-over-misinformation-ahead-of-election-902171.html - ASA upholds complaint about Advance NZ leaflet spreading Covid-19 vaccine misinformation
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123107126/asa-upholds-complaint-about-advance-nz-leaflet-spreading-covid19-vaccine-misinformation - Facebook Picks Up What The Advertising Standards Authority Missed
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2010/S00193/facebook-picks-up-what-the-advertising-standards-authority-missed.htm - Burger King, Electric Kiwi and TOP break cardinal rule of advertising in fight against juggernauts
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/burger-king-electric-kiwi-and-top-break-cardinal-rule-of-advertising-in-fight-against-juggernauts/54ZY75CM3WTPT2V4UAY3R6UMC4/ - NZ Election 2020: Complaint against ‘irresponsible’ Advance NZ advertisement claiming ‘mandatory’ COVID-19 vaccines upheld
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/nz-election-2020-complaint-against-irresponsible-advance-nz-advertisement-claiming-mandatory-covid-19-vaccines-upheld.html - Advance New Zealand ordered to pull ‘misleading’ advertisement
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/advance-new-zealand-ordered-to-pull-misleading-advertisement/3CB7YQADCYYHHEII3U73E2JP4A/ - Morning Briefing Oct 15: Time praises NZ’s ‘civil’ campaign – but gloves coming off
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/morning-briefing-oct-15-time-praises-nzs-civil-campaign-but-gloves-coming-off - Do some power companies offer 100 per cent green electricity?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/122993331/do-some-power-companies-offer-100-per-cent-green-electricity - Meridian ad ordered off TV over misleading environmental claims
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018768019/meridian-ad-ordered-off-tv-over-misleading-environmental-claims - Meridian ad ordered off TV over misleading environmental claims
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/10/meridian-ad-ordered-off-tv-over-misleading-environmental-claims.html - Complaint against Meridian upheld by Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123061390/complaint-against-meridian-upheld-by-advertising-standards-authority - Advance NZ election advertisement ruled ‘unfounded’ and ‘socially irresponsible’ but Party won’t stop using it
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/advance-nz-election-advertisement-ruled-unfounded-and-socially-irresponsible-but-party-won-t-stop-using-it.html - Doggy not dodgy: DCC cleared over brochure ad
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/doggy-not-dodgy-dcc-cleared-over-brochure-ad#comments - Jami-Lee Ross defies ad ruling as complaints surge
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/jami-lee-ross-defies-ad-ruling-as-complaints-surge - Cannabis reform would pass if referendum held today: Poll
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/122990847/cannabis-reform-would-pass-if-referendum-held-today-poll - 10 years of Instagram – has it done more good or evil?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/300121509/10-years-of-instagram–has-it-done-more-good-or-evil - Votesafe.nz Deny Involvement After Its Flyers Found In EasyVote Packs
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2010/S00069/votesafenz-deny-involvement-after-its-flyers-found-in-easyvote-packs.htm - Gone to pot: New Zealand cools on legalising cannabis
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/gone-to-pot-new-zealand-cools-on-legalising-cannabis - Sustainable NZ campaign advert uses actor to play party supporter https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12370188
- MUST READ: Cannabis referendum: fear and lies outgun the truth
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2020/09/30/must-read-cannabis-referendum-fear-and-lies-outgun-the-truth/
September 2020
- Labour Party pulls brochures after complaint to watchdog
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/decision-2020/labour-party-pulls-brochures-after-complaint-watchdog - Labour Party pulls ‘misleading’ advertising in Northcote following ASA complaint
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12369014 - Social media influencers – a mixture of risk and reward
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=6e61f452-350c-4733-ada8-4057f83c126d - Ads offer thousands of dollars for participation in clinical trials
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12367904 - How companies capitalised on the Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122847298/how-companies-capitalised-on-the-covid19-pandemic - National MP Lawrence Yule’s ad cleared after complaints it’s misleading
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/national-mp-lawrence-yules-ad-under-investigation-after-complaints-its-misleading - Advertising Standards Authority dismisses complaints National MP’s billboards are ‘misleading’
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/09/advertising-standards-authority-dismisses-complaints-national-mp-s-billboards-are-misleading.html - Nothing wrong with National MP’s billboards – Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300115604/nothing-wrong-with-national-mps-billboards–advertising-standards-authority - Lawrence Yule: Advertising billboards ‘not in breach’ of code
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=12367545 - Complaint over National’s Lawrence Yule billboards fails
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/426824/complaint-over-national-s-lawrence-yule-billboards-fails - Hot, rich, well-travelled – but tone deaf to democracy
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/influencers-enter-an-age-of-accountability - National MP’s ad under investigation after complaints it’s misleading
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/426780/national-mp-s-ad-under-investigation-after-complaints-it-s-misleading - ASA: Let’s not talk about this
https://publicaddress.net/hardnews/asa-lets-not-talk-about-this/ - Featherston residents say: Nope to dope ad
https://times-age.co.nz/featherston-residents-say-nope-to-dope-ad/ - Ice cream shop owner appalled after business featured in anti-weed campaign
https://lfpress.com/cannabis-news/ice-cream-shop-owner-appalled-after-business-featured-in-anti-weed-campaign/wcm/ea4de3af-f461-4ec5-b404-8c4263a8ee5c/ - Cash-flow relief for New Zealand community publications
https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undoctored/cash-flow-relief-new-zealand-community-publications - Magazines and community newspapers to receive $4m in ‘Covid’ grants
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122854231/magazines-and-community-newspapers-to-receive-4m-in-covid-grants - Caught in the middle of an alcohol monopoly, some residents say Auckland beachside community in dire need for change
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/122769879/caught-in-the-middle-of-an-alcohol-monopoly-some-residents-say-auckland-beachside-community-in-dire-need-for-change - Recorder and Early Music Union offended by Pink Batts ad
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/thepanel/audio/2018765127/recorder-and-early-music-union-offended-by-pink-batts-ad - ‘Exploits and degrades the instrument’: Pink Batts ad upsets recorder players
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12366202 - Francesca Rudkin: National finally gives us an election choice
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-sunday-session/opinion/francesca-rudkin-national-finally-gives-us-an-election-choice/ - Recorder players upset by advert that ‘exploits and degrades the instrument’
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/09/recorder-players-upset-by-advert-that-exploits-and-degrades-the-instrument.html - When is an ad not an ad? Why the ASA’s ‘Making it clear when ads are ads’ has left Undertow Media with more questions than answers
https://stoppress.co.nz/opinion/when-is-an-ad-not-an-ad-why-the-asas-making-it-clear-when-ads-are-ads-leaves-us-with-more-questions-than-answers/ - Victory For Freedom Of Speech In ASA Decision
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2009/S00273/victory-for-freedom-of-speech-in-asa-decision.htm - Pak ‘n Save removes ad with voiceover ‘completely butchering’ te reo Māori
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122803339/pak-n-save-removes-ad-with-voiceover-completely-butchering-te-reo-mori - Social media influencers must now say whether their post’s an ad or not
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/social-media-influencers-must-now-say-whether-their-posts-ad-not - Influencer’s Panadol ad investigated by ASA
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/influencers-panadol-ad-investigated-asa - Simone Anderson’s Panadol ad investigated by Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12364639 - ASA releases new influencer guidelines for ad content
https://stoppress.co.nz/news/asa-releases-new-influencer-guidelines-for-ad-content/ - ASA eye on influencers
https://www.mad-daily.com/asa-eye-on-influencers/ - ASA releases strict new guidelines for influencers
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/hilary-souter-advertising-standards-authority-releases-strict-new-guidelines-for-influencers/ - Advertising Standards Authority releases formal guidelines for Instagram influencers
https://www.minterellison.co.nz/our-view/advertising-standards-authority-releases-formal-guidelines-for-instagram-influencers - ASA releases new influencer guidelines for ad content
https://stoppress.co.nz/news/asa-releases-new-influencer-guidelines-for-ad-content/ - Election 2020: National and Judith Collins step up Facebook ad spend, while Labour spends almost nothing
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300099137/election-2020-national-and-judith-collins-step-up-facebook-ad-spend-while-labour-spends-almost-nothing - ‘Make it clear ads are ads’: ASA releases strict set of guidelines for Instagram influencers
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/09/make-it-clear-ads-are-ads-asa-releases-strict-set-of-guidelines-for-instagram-influencers.html?fbclid=IwAR0XjaZsxxxQj8DMlLvzxkIYFNKc6NGTFPzssMD7t5m02zs0l7r7bV7ciiE - Crackdown on influencer advertising with new guidelines this month
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/crackdown-influencer-advertising-new-guidelines-month - ‘A “no wrong door” offer to deal with election and referendum complaints’
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/372394 - New advertising guidelines for social media influencers
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition/audio/wendy-thompson-new-advertising-guidelines-for-social-media-influencers/ - “No Wrong Door” To Deal With Election And Referendum Complaints
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2009/S00011/no-wrong-door-to-deal-with-election-and-referendum-complaints.htm - Coronavirus: Judith Collins ‘didn’t even know’ about misleading National ad
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300097655/coronavirus-judith-collins-didnt-even-know-about-misleading-national-ad - ADVERTISING STANDARDS AUTHORITY (ASA) SETS CODES FOR NZ INFLUENCERS
http://threadnz.com/fashion/fashion-industry/advertising-standards-authority-asa-sets-codes-for-nz-influencers/?fbclid=IwAR3Wkcps77EEwPCG1xs0ucFzH-6L1kV4RW_RIIBxk-OEPQMzfOGTa0l-Jj0 - Advertising Standards Authority reveals strict new guidelines for social media influencers
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12361593 - Authority lays out advertising rules for influencers
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122639487/authority-lays-out-advertising-rules-for-influencers - Judith Collins apologises over ‘misleading’ ad
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/decision-2020/judith-collins-apologises-over-misleading-ad
August 2020
- Three Advertising Standards Authority complaints against New Conservatives dropped
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/three-advertising-standards-authority-complaints-against-new-conservatives-dropped.html - Advertising Standards Authority trashes complaint over use of name in anti-child grooming advertisement
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/advertising-standards-authority-trashes-complaint-over-use-of-name-in-anti-child-grooming-advertisement.html - NZ influencers are spreading dangerous misinformation and there’s little we can do about it
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/27-08-2020/nz-influencers-are-spreading-dangerous-misinformation-and-theres-little-we-can-do-about-it/ - To curb misleading ads, Centre studying codes of NZ, UK, US
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/to-curb-misleading-ads-centre-studying-codes-of-nz-uk-us/articleshow/77711611.cms - What Instagram Marketers Should Learn From the Simone Anderson Fiasco
https://goodmenproject.com/business-ethics-2/what-instagram-marketers-should-learn-from-the-simone-anderson-fiasco/ - Ad rules updated
https://www.mad-daily.com/updated-election-ads-guide/ - Making a “greenwashing” claim? The New Zealand Commerce Commission guidance could help Australian businesses
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=f065065c-a885-424d-b25a-7eea7f8a6b24 - Updated Guide To Election And Referenda Advertising
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2008/S00226/updated-guide-to-election-and-referenda-advertising.htm - Pebbles Hooper in court after social media posts about Simone Anderson
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122339042/pebbles-hooper-in-court-after-social-media-posts-about-simone-anderson - Pro-China ad campaign in Chch newspaper worries expert
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/anne-marie-brady-pro-china-ad-campaign-in-christchurch-newspaper-is-very-concerning/ - Critics deplore China’s NZ ads defending policies
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300072373/critics-deplore-chinas-nz-ads-defending-policies - Chinese Consulate ads pushing stance on Hong Kong protests, COVID-19 and Uighur Muslims appearing in prominent Christchurch newspaper
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/08/chinese-consulate-ads-pushing-stance-on-hong-kong-protests-covid-19-and-uighur-muslims-appearing-in-prominent-christchurch-newspaper.html - Critics deplore China’s NZ ads defending policies
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/422608/critics-deplore-china-s-nz-ads-defending-policies
July 2020
- VoterTorque Podcasts: Election Advertising
https://onesock.nz/2020/07/31/votertorque-podcasts-election-advertising/ - Auckland Council complaint upheld by Advertising Authority
https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/articles/news/2020/07/auckland-council-complaint-upheld-by-advertising-authority/ - Manuka honey blog amended after claims of efficacy against Covid-19
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/122237304/manuka-honey-blog-amended-after-claims-of-efficacy-against-covid19 - Gambling Ad Breached Code With Use Of Language Associated With Addiction
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2007/S00354/gambling-ad-breached-code-with-use-of-language-associated-with-addiction.htm - Complaint about NZ Instagram star Logan Dodds’ Gem Visa adverts is settled
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/122260873/complaint-about-nz-instagram-star-logan-dodds-gem-visa-adverts-is-settled - Complaint about Simone Anderson’s charity donations won’t be investigated – Commission
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12350447 - MIL-OSI New Zealand: Call for submissions on influencer guidelines
https://global.foreignaffairs.co.nz/2020/07/20/mil-osi-new-zealand-call-for-submissions-on-influencer-guidelines/ - Under the Influence
https://www.mad-daily.com/asa-eyeballs-influencers/ - Online influencers tap into insecurities for their hard sell
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/421489/online-influencers-tap-into-insecurities-for-their-hard-sell - Internal Affairs amends TV ad after viewer spots ‘white supremacy hand symbol’
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/internal-affairs-amends-tv-ad-after-viewer-spots-white-supremacy-hand-symbol.html - Instagram influencer Erin Simpson apologises after ASA complaint over ‘gifted’ services
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/07/instagram-influencer-erin-simpson-apologises-after-asa-complaint-over-gifted-services.html - MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Decisions: Influencer ad identification, Rolla jeans outdoor ad removed, and more
https://global.foreignaffairs.co.nz/2020/07/15/mil-osi-new-zealand-new-decisions-influencer-ad-identification-rolla-jeans-outdoor-ad-removed-and-more/ - Influencer Erin Simpson ‘forgot’ to mention post was an ad
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122139766/influencer-erin-simpson-forgot-to-mention-post-was-an-ad - The year’s most entertaining ad complaints rubbished by the ASA
https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/10-07-2020/the-years-most-entertaining-ad-complaints-rubbished-by-the-asa/ - Billboard company ‘comfortable’ with ‘Feed Cops LSD’ advert
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/billboard-company-comfortable-with-feed-cops-lsd-advert.html - NZ Law: Influencers – identifying advertisements on social media
https://www.lawfuel.com/blog/nz-law-influencers-identifying-advertisements-on-social-media/ - Under the influence – identifying advertisements on social media
https://www.bellgully.com/publications/under-the-influence-identifying-advertisements-on-social-media - ‘Wild west’ of social media influencing is coming to an end
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/122060447/wild-west-of-social-media-influencing-is-coming-to-an-end - Editorial: Expect to be bombarded with opinions
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=12345690 - National MP Simon O’Connor accuses Black Lives Matter activists of bullying over anti-abortion billboard
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/national-mp-simon-o-connor-accuses-black-lives-matter-activists-of-bullying-over-anti-abortion-billboard.html - Black Lives Matter supporters outraged at ‘Both Lives Matter’ anti-abortion billboard in Wellington
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/black-lives-matter-supporters-outraged-at-both-lives-matter-anti-abortion-billboard-in-wellington.html - Influencer Simone Anderson denies claims, but Commerce Commission still investigating
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122032936/influencer-simone-anderson-denies-claims-but-commerce-commission-still-investigating - ‘Blurry area’ for what counts as advertising after influencer’s posts found to be misleading in landmark ruling – expert
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/blurry-area-counts-advertising-after-influencers-posts-found-misleading-in-landmark-ruling-expert - Influencer Simone Anderson publicly denies allegations she did not make donations to charity
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12345402 - NZ’s advertising authority to create new social media guidelines in wake of influencer controversy
https://play.stuff.co.nz/details/_6169051011001 - Glamorous influencer is reprimanded for failing to reveal her posts were sponsored
https://en.brinkwire.com/news/glamorous-influencer-is-reprimanded-for-failing-to-reveal-her-posts-were-sponsored/ - Simone Anderson responds to complaints decision, rejects allegations of dishonesty
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12344733 - Simone Anderson complaints upheld: #Gifted not enough
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/300046909/simone-anderson-complaints-upheld-gifted-not-enough?rm=a - Influencers are struggling in a world of brutal reality
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/life/122013694/influencers-are-struggling-in-a-world-of-brutal-reality - Glamorous influencer with 313,000 followers is first to fall foul of new social media rules after failing to reveal her posts were advertising clothes, hotels and giveaways
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8477717/Glamorous-influencer-reprimanded-failing-reveal-posts-sponsored.html - Complaints against influencer Simone Anderson upheld by Advertising Standard Authority
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/complaints-against-influencer-simone-anderson-upheld-advertising-standard-authority - Drug Foundation told to make change to advert backing yes vote in cannabis referendum
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/drug-foundation-told-make-change-advert-backing-yes-vote-in-cannabis-referendum - Drug Foundation complaints rejected by Advertising Standards Authority
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/420281/drug-foundation-complaints-rejected-by-advertising-standards-authority - ASA dismisses complaints against Drug Foundation’s pro-cannabis ads
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/hilary-souter-advertising-standards-authority-dismisses-complaints-against-drug-foundations-pro-cannabis-ads/ - Most complaints about Drug Foundation’s pro-cannabis ads thrown out
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/most-complaints-about-drug-foundation-s-pro-cannabis-ads-thrown-out.html - Advertising Standards Authority Rules In Drug Foundation’s Favour On Cannabis Referendum Campaign
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2007/S00028/advertising-standards-authority-rules-in-drug-foundations-favour-on-cannabis-referendum-campaign.htm - Four complaints upheld against Simone Anderson for misleading Instagram posts
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12344561
June 2020
- OMANZ Launches Industry First Placement Policy
http://business.scoop.co.nz/2020/06/24/omanz-launches-industry-first-placement-policy/ - The Kids Are Alright
https://www.mad-daily.com/outdoor-protects-the-kids/ - NZ’s top 10 television moments of all time
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12342475 - This week’s best-selling books
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/06/12/1227714/this-weeks-best-selling-books-1 - Shots fired: Hunters hit back at Keep It Real Online ad campaign
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/121915452/shots-fired-hunters-hit-back-at-keep-it-real-online-ad-campaign - Nurofen maker withdraws ad after complaints
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/121914711/nurofen-maker-withdraws-ad-after-complaints/ - MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Decisions: Cold & flu product advertising during COVID-19, and more
https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2020/06/23/mil-osi-new-zealand-new-decisions-cold-flu-product-advertising-during-covid-19-and-more-23/ - Poking holes: ACC, acupuncture and the problem of proof
https://thespinoff.co.nz/members/19-06-2020/poking-holes-acc-acupuncture-and-the-problem-of-proof/ - Consumers unhappy with lockdown ads says watchdog
https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/consumers-unhappy-with-lockdown-ads-says-ad-body - Opinion: Why medicinal cannabis patients are desperate for a yes vote in the referendum
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/06/opinion-why-medicinal-cannabis-patients-are-desperate-for-a-yes-vote-in-the-referendum.html - Kiwiana, Religious Abuse Or Appropriation?
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU2006/S00086/kiwiana-religious-abuse-or-appropriation.htm - Wake Up Call for #Influencer Marketers
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=28d24cd4-8ea8-4e3d-84d6-b24d8c09cb11 - Commerce Commission complaint laid about influencer Simone Anderson
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339061 - Referendum DOES Give Better Access For Medical Users
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2006/S00120/referendum-does-give-better-access-for-medical-users.htm - ‘She-devil’ sign fails to impress
https://times-age.co.nz/she-devil-sign-fails-to-impress/ - Complaints pile up following Drug Foundation’s ‘vote yes’ to cannabis campaign
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/complaints-pile-up-following-drug-foundations-vote-yes-cannabis-campaign - Google NZ books more business locally
https://sunlive.co.nz/news/244820-google-nz-books-more-business-locally.html - MIL-OSI New Zealand: ASA releases most complained about ads of 2019
https://foreignaffairs.co.nz/2020/06/09/mil-osi-new-zealand-asa-releases-most-complained-about-ads-of-2019/ - Zombie ad most complained about in 2019
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/entertainment-top-stories/121735980/zombie-ad-most-complained-about-in-2019 - Advertising Standards Authority looking into Simone Anderson’s secondhand clothing page
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12337256 - Expert’s warning over how COVID-19 advertising could backfire
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/06/expert-s-warning-over-how-covid-19-advertising-could-backfire.html - Zomedy ad tops complaints against ads
https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/zomedy-ad-tops-complaints-against-ads - Big advertisers channeled more spending towards newspapers in April
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/121693697/big-advertisers-channelled-more-spending-towards-newspapers-in-april - Ad gripes up 9%
https://www.mad-daily.com/ad-gripes-up-9/
May 2020
- Best of New Zealand TV, 1990s: ‘O for Awesome’ and ‘You’re not in Guatemala now’
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12335199 - The most controversial adverts of 2019 revealed
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/05/the-most-controversial-adverts-of-2019-revealed.html - Out of Home continues its trajectory
https://stoppress.co.nz/news/out-of-home-continues-its-trajectory/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=%C2%A0%C2%A0READ%20MORE%C2%A0%C2%A0&utm_campaign=StopPress%3A%20May%2029 - Advertising Standards Authority fast-track takedown of misleading Covid-19 ads
https://www.pharmacytoday.co.nz/article/news/advertising-standards-authority-fast-track-takedown-misleading-covid-19-ads - ASA stepping in over COVID-19 references in ads
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018748329/asa-stepping-in-over-covid-19-references-in-ads - Covid 19 coronavirus: Advertising Standards Authority to fast-track takedown of misleading Covid-19 ads
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12335528 - Advertising Standards Authority to fast-track takedown of misleading Covid-19 ads
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/417724/advertising-standards-authority-to-fast-track-takedown-of-misleading-covid-19-ads - ‘Ongoing growth trajectory for Out of Home suggests positive rebound’
http://www.voxy.co.nz/business/5/365606 - ASA Releases 2019 Advertising Turnover
https://theworldnews.net/nz-news/asa-releases-2019-advertising-turnover - Digital advertising sees six percent spike in Q1
https://stoppress.co.nz/news/digital-advertising-sees-six-percent-spike-in-q1/ - OOH up 22%
https://www.mad-daily.com/out-of-home-rebound/ - Ongoing Growth Trajectory For Out Of Home Suggests Positive Rebound
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2005/S00548/ongoing-growth-trajectory-for-out-of-home-suggests-positive-rebound.htm - New Zealand: Social Responsibility In Advertising – COVID-19 Update
https://www.mondaq.com/newzealand/advertising-marketing-branding/938746/social-responsibility-in-advertising-covid-19-update - $2.767b!
https://www.mad-daily.com/nz-2019-ad-revenue-2-767b/ - ASA Releases 2019 Advertising Turnover
http://business.scoop.co.nz/2020/05/20/asa-releases-2019-advertising-turnover/ - National Facebook ad ruled misleading by watchdog, party will appeal decision
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300015300/national-facebook-ad-ruled-misleading-by-watchdog-party-will-appeal-decision - Cost Of RNZ’s Misleading Campaign Adds Salt To Taxpayer Wounds
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2005/S00170/cost-of-rnzs-misleading-campaign-adds-salt-to-taxpayer-wounds.htm - Makaia Carr calls out fellow Instagram influencers: ‘Stop accepting freebies’
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/spy/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503840&objectid=12330314 - MIL-OSI New Zealand: Latest Decisions: Ernest Rutherford ad not misleading, COVID-19 advert insensitive, and more
https://global.foreignaffairs.co.nz/2020/05/10/mil-osi-new-zealand-latest-decisions-ernest-rutherford-ad-not-misleading-covid-19-advert-insensitive-and-more/ - Furniture ad playing on pandemic ruled insensitive
https://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/latest-news/news/furniture-ad-playing-on-pandemic-ruled-insensitive - Burger King’s Rebel Whopper advertisement found to be misleading
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/food-news/300004662/burger-kings-rebel-whopper-advertisement-found-to-be-misleading
April 2020
- COVID-19: It’s advertising as usual in New Zealand
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=658fa0bc-45ad-4575-a405-6b641a51b8b3 - The Advertising Standards Authority has named Nanette Moreau as its Complaints Appeal Board chairperson.
https://www.mad-daily.com/complaints-advisor/?highlight=nanette
March 2020
- ASA throws out more complaints about National Party social media adverts https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/03/asa-throws-out-more-complaints-about-national-party-social-media-adverts.html
- NZ First axes Government’s ‘feebate’ electric vehicle subsidy plan, while Greens vow to take the policy to the election https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119713361/nz-first-axe-governments-electric-vehicle-subsidy-plan-while-greens-vow-to-take-the-policy-to-the-election
- 2 Cheap Cars defends coronavirus advert as ‘light-hearted’ jab at ‘heavy issue’ https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/2-cheap-cars-defends-coronavirus-advert-light-hearted-jab-heavy-issue
February 2020
- National loses appeal over Facebook ad ruled ‘misleading’ https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119414501/national-lose-appeal-over-facebook-ad-ruled-misleading
- National appeal dismissed by ASA over ‘misleading’ Facebook ad https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/national-appeal-dismissed-asa-over-misleading-facebook-ad
- Advertising Standards Authority rejects National’s appeal over misleading ‘car tax’ advert https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/advertising-standards-authority-rejects-national-s-appeal-over-misleading-car-tax-advert.html
- National’s car tax ad misleading: Advertising Standards Authority Appeal Board https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12307649
- Bridges says National won’t tone down ads after ASA ruling https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/409298/bridges-says-national-won-t-tone-down-ads-after-asa-ruling
- Why is public money going into homeopathy courses? https://www.noted.co.nz/currently/currently-education/why-is-public-money-going-into-homeopathy-courses
- Get ’em off the stinkies: Is vaping really that bad? https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12308356
- Retailers can put sex toys in shop windows, Advertising Standards says https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/119288943/retailers-can-put-sex-toys-in-shop-windows-advertising-standards-says
- Simon Bridges says NZ must ‘stop making excuses’ for Jacinda Ardern in fiery debate https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/119463686/simon-bridges-says-nz-must-stop-making-excuses-for-jacinda-ardern-in-fiery-debate
- Official complaint laid against Labour Party attack ad about cancer radiation machines https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/official-complaint-laid-against-labour-party-attack-ad-about-cancer-radiation-machines.html
January 2020
- ‘Ruck me’: Cheeky Pak’nSave ad pinged by advertising watchdog https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12302172
- Misinformation runs rampant in the unregulated market of alternative medicine https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/118864612/misinformation-runs-rampant-in-the-unregulated-market-of-alternative-medicine
- Sex shop window display campaigner among many hoping to be heard at Parliament https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118779760/sex-shop-window-display-campaigner-among-many-hoping-to-be-heard-at-parliament
- ‘Urgent’ changes to junk food ads needed amid grim South Auckland child obesity rates – health officials https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/urgent-changes-junk-food-ads-needed-amid-grim-south-auckland-child-obesity-rates-health-officials
- Jacinda Ardern promises Facebook and fiscal transparency for election 2020 https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/118980480/jacinda-ardern-opens-election-year-warning-of-misinformation-will-sign-labour-up-to-facebook-transparency-tool
- Alison Mau: An election year to make George Orwell spin in his grave https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119012943/alison-mau-an-election-year-to-make-george-orwell-spin-in-his-grave
- Bracing for Facebook face-off https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/bracing-facebook-face
- South Auckland obesity: Health officials want beefed up advertising rules https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-democracy-reporting/118876958/south-auckland-obesity-health-officials-want-beefed-up-advertising-rules
- Tennis: Sky Sport sorry for closeup shot of tennis player’s underwear https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12300791
- HDPA: Labour taking tricks from Trump’s ‘fake news’ playbook https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/video/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-will-labour-copy-donald-trump-when-it-comes-to-fake-news/
- Complaints after repeated screenings of tennis player’s underwear on Sky Sports https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/118801675/complaints-after-repeated-screenings-of-tennis-players-underwear-on-sky-sports
- Caring for the planet, and your teeth: Why bamboo toothbrushes are only the start https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/10-01-2020/caring-for-the-planet-and-your-teeth-why-bamboo-toothbrushes-are-only-the-start/
