January 5 2026, 5:32 pm | BY Ricki Green | No Comments
Countdown to FREE Entry to Campaign Brief New Zealand Agency of the Year + HOT LIST 2026 – deadline Monday 12 January
It’s soon time to pick the 2026 Campaign Brief New Zealand Agency of the Year, and the 2026 CB Hot List. And as always, it’s FREE TO ENTER

 

As far as most agency creative directors (and increasingly, more CEOs and CMOs) on both sides of the Tasman are concerned, CB Agency of the Year is the most coveted of all trade mag titles to win – and where an agency is placed on our annual chart (Last year’s NZ chart is pictured above) is critical to many agency’s new business performance in the coming year (that’s the bit of most interest to CEOs and CMOs!).

You’ll be pleased to know it’s FREE TO ENTER. And it all appears in both print and online.

Provide all your best work on a USB stick (or email via We Transfer or similar). Please list in a separate doc. number of staff, highlights of the year, including all awards won in 2025, new people, plus accounts won and lost.

Please only include work that has or will run between January 1 and December 31, 2025.

Even if you feel it’s not your year, please send us your best as it is vital to work out where your agency fits on the 2026 CB Hot Chart, and if your agency makes the 2026 CB Hot List.

Make sure your package arrives at CB or emailed by Monday 12 January, 2026.

Post or courier packages to:

Campaign Brief
‘Spectre’
18 KINGS ROAD
MOSS VALE NSW  AUSTRALIA 2577

(If you are a small agency and / or only have a small presentation, you can email or via We Transfer (or similar):  michael@campaignbrief.com)

HONOUR ROLL: CB NEW ZEALAND AGENCY OF THE YEAR

2000    Saatchi & Saatchi

2005    Saatchi & Saatchi

2006    Saatchi & Saatchi

2010    DDB and Colenso BBDO

2017    Special

2018     Colenso BBDO

2019     DDB

2020     Special

2021     DDB

2022     Special

2023     DDB

2024    Special