{"id":198,"date":"2026-07-05T00:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omdcomqa.wpengine.com\/new-zealand\/?p=198"},"modified":"2026-07-05T00:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:31:20","slug":"198","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/2026\/07\/05\/198\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing home the 2026 Beacons metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">The annual Beacon Awards, hosted by the Communication Council of New Zealand, represent the pinnacle of media achievement in Aotearoa, celebrating campaigns that blend rigorous strategic thinking with outstanding commercial outcomes. At the latest celebration at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland, OMD New Zealand earned significant industry praise, reinforcing its reputation for producing top-tier, impactful work that resonates deeply with Kiwi audiences. We&#8217;re pretty excited to see the mahi from OMD New Zealand, our team, partners and clients recognised on the Beacons stage last night for work that delivered real impact, innovation, and outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">We\u2019re incredibly proud to see the Ministry of Social Development (MSD)\u2019s Love Creep campaign continue to receive deserved recognition, picking up four more awards.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Gold in the Content Category<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Silver in Social Marketing \/ Public Service<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Silver for Creative Media Idea<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Bronze in Communications Strategy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">And we\u2019re super honoured to have McDonald&#8217;s New Zealand Make It Click work awarded, picking up a<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">GOLD in the Content Category<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">A big congratulations to our finalists also;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Finalist \u2013 Sky New Zealand, Neon &#8211; The Red Balloon Takeover<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Finalist \u2013 2degrees, Fighting for Fair \u2013 Sustained Success<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Thank you to our clients for their partnership, trust, and ambition, and to the teams whose passion, collaboration, and expertise continue to raise the bar in creating work that delivered real impact, innovation, and outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Congratulations to everyone involved!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Beacon Awards, hosted by the Communication Council of New Zealand, represent the pinnacle of media achievement in Aotearoa, celebrating campaigns that blend rigorous strategic thinking with outstanding commercial&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omd.com\/new-zealand\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}