The team that plays together, stays together

Certainly true in our case! The pr shop (P1) has collectively taken up a new hobby – badminton! Monday nights are now occupied by vigorous cock-smashing and peals of laughter as we aim for that golden body-slam shot. At times it can look more like awkward dancing than hard sport, but (surprisingly), we aren’t as hopeless as we once feared....watch this space.

AN ABUNDANCE OF AMANDAS

It’s new appointments all round, with the recent addition of a new “shopper” to the Auckland office, the appointment of Amanda Politzer as Group Account Director.

Amanda is an award-winning senior consultant who has worked on high profile media, social communications and experiential campaigns for world-renowned brands.

Coming from some of the UK's top PR agencies, Amanda brings 15 years of PR and communications experience to the pr shop after emmigrating to New Zealand from England last year with her very cute baby daughter Ruby.

Amanda is not to be mixed up with our other new Amanda, the Sydney office’s new Head of PR Amanda Kuhn, who is now being referred to as AK to avoid mass confusion!

Cupcakes and Glitter

All in the name of saying a good luck see you later to Pippa, who’s having her last day in the office today while she’s still in one piece…these gorgeous, glitter-covered bundles of deliciousness were sent by P2 since they can’t be here in person for a goodbye cuddle. We miss you already, Pippa, good luck with the birth!

Baby on Board

...but not for much longer! Yesterday afternoon the pr shop celebrated the impending arrival of mini-Pippa. Many delicious pink-and-white foods were consumed (including Whoopie cakes – yum!), and bets were taken on baby’s arrival date, time, weight and name. We can’t wait to meet her!

Kitten C

You may remember the days of Bob the Cat and his regular office bottle feeds. Well, today there’s a new cat on the block (or desk, rather) – Kitten C!
Named in Sally’s (failed) attempt not to get too attached, Kitten C is an SPCA find that Sal is temporarily fostering. Kitten C has captured the hearts and devoted attentions of all the whole office with his sparkling blue eyes and penchant for dancing on keyboards.
There aren’t any complaints about his parrot-esque habit of sitting on shoulders either – aw!

Come peer in our window

This post isn’t quite as creepy as the title may suggest. What we really mean is that we’ve been getting more creative with our window displays! We’ve got a pretty wicked spot with our front window, and we love to watch people peering in at all the cool stuff we’ve got going on. This week, we’ve got a couch and a TV all set up to tempt our passers-by into a night in front of the tele with a tipple of Baileys. Cosy looking, isn’t it?

New crew for P2!

the pr shop is growing! We’re thrilled to announce an addition to the pr shop’s Australian presence (affectionately known as P2) with the appointment of Amanda Kuhn as Head of PR.

Amanda is quite the PR star, bringing with her 15 years of experience in the PR/marketing arena, working with internationally based clients across the EMEA, APAC and US markets (impressive, we know!).

Among other roles, Amanda is the former APAC marketing manager for World Wrestling Entertainment – in other words, don’t mess with her, you never know who her friends might be…