Top Advertising Companies in New Zealand

Between them, the 27 advertising companies on this page cover digital marketing (6), SEO (6), social media marketing (5) and IT services (5). They also list work in Auckland and Christchurch. 27 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   HWB Design

   HWB Design is a one-person design practice in Christchurch, run by a graphic designer with more than thirty years of experience.

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   Why #1 (shared): Based in Christchurch · In business 30+ years · One-person, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Harvey Cameron

   Advertising · CRM · Also in Norwood and Sydney

   Christchurch in New Zealand is home to Harvey Cameron, a marketing and advertising agency founded in 1996.

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   Why #1 (shared): Based in Christchurch, New Zealand · Founded 1996, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   digitalstream

   A New Zealand web design and digital marketing agency serving businesses and charities in Hamilton, Auckland and Australia

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   Why #3: Based in Hamilton and Auckland, New Zealand, with an address in Australia · Founded 1999, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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   BrandWorld

   BrandWorld is a New Zealand marketing business that sells advertising through its own consumer health and wellbeing platforms.

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   Why #4: Based in New Zealand · In business 24+ years, as stated on its own website, read 28 Sept 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   Kite Media

   Consumer Products & Services · Arts, Entertainment & Music · Advertising & Marketing

   Kite Media is an advertising business in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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   Why #5: Based in Christchurch, New Zealand · Founded 2011, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

   Not yet on record: client reviews, vetting.

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   DU

   Disruptive Unicorns

   Chartered marketing firm Disruptive Unicorns also works as an advertising agency.

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   Why #6: Address in New Zealand · HubSpot partner, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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   CB

   Colenso BBDO

   Social Media Marketing · Search Engine Optimization · Digital Marketing

   Colenso BBDO is an advertising agency in New Zealand that has been producing creative work for clients since 1969.

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   On record: Founded 1969, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   AppThat

   Consumer Products & Services · Information Technology · Business Services

   Building modern websites that help companies sell is the core business of AppThat, a digital agency based in New Zealand.

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   On record: Based in New Zealand

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    Brand Spanking

    Brand Spanking, which trades as BrandSpanking, is an experiential marketing agency in New Zealand.

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    On record: Based in New Zealand

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    Contagion

    Business Services · Medical

    Auckland's Contagion puts strategy, creative, media and digital work under one roof for clients that range from commercial firms to government agencies and charities.

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    On record: Based in Auckland, New Zealand

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    DN

    DDB New Zealand

    Social Media Marketing · Search Engine Optimization · Digital Marketing

    DDB New Zealand is an advertising agency in Aotearoa, part of DDB Group. It develops original campaign ideas built on the belief that emotion drives action and business growth.

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    On record: Based in New Zealand

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    Design Distillery Ltd

    eCommerce

    Design Distillery Ltd is a small, independent graphic design agency in central Auckland that works for clients in New Zealand and overseas.

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    On record: Based in Auckland, New Zealand

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    DigitalxMarketing

    DigitalxMarketing Ltd is a Wellington marketing agency and consultancy that helps New Zealand firms win and keep customers.

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    On record: Based in Wellington, New Zealand

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    Directions Advertising

    Directions Advertising is a New Zealand agency that combines marketing strategy with advertising production.

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    On record: Based in New Zealand

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    Edifian

    Advertising & Marketing · Digital Marketing · Information Technology

    Edifian is a creative digital agency with offices in Toronto, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand.

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    On record: Based in Toronto, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand

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    Evolve Marketing Ltd

    Operating from Auckland as Evolve Marketing Ltd, or Evolve NZ, the firm says it builds digitally-led growth strategies for ambitious business owners.

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    On record: Based in Auckland, New Zealand

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    FN

    FCB New Zealand

    Social Media Marketing · Search Engine Optimization · Digital Marketing

    FCB New Zealand is an advertising agency whose work is aimed at changing the choices people in New Zealand make, from shopping decisions to health-related behaviour.

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    Feast Creative

    In Queenstown, New Zealand, Feast Creative is a full-service design studio that develops brands through strategy, branding, digital work, print design and advertising.

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    On record: Based in Queenstown, New Zealand

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    Glasshouse Digital

    SEO · Creative · Reporting · Also in Auckland

    Paid search and social advertising are the work of Glasshouse Digital, an Auckland, New Zealand firm that concentrates on those channels rather than full-service marketing.

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    On record: Based in Auckland, New Zealand

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    Goose Limited

    SEO · eCommerce · simple · Also in Hook

    Goose Limited is an ecommerce agency in New Zealand that works only on online stores, covering both marketing and development for merchants who sell on BigCommerce and Shopify.

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    On record: Based in New Zealand

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    HGB

    Advertising · Goals · Also in Hamilton

    HGB is a strategic marketing agency serving Hamilton, Waikato and the rest of New Zealand.

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    On record: Based in Hamilton, New Zealand

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    Hot Mustard

    Creative · Also in Canterbury

    Much of Hot Mustard's client list lies outside the big cities of New Zealand, and the agency's teams are used to working with regional and rural businesses.

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    On record: Based in Auckland, New Zealand

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    Idealog

    Creative · Also in Auckland

    Idealog is a New Zealand publication about creative business. Its website presents case studies, expert advice and stories of founders and companies, and it also runs an…

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    On record: Based in New Zealand

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    Inner Circle Web

    Arts, Entertainment & Music · Information Technology · Business Services · Also in Christchurch

    Inner Circle Web is a web design and development agency in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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    On record: Based in Christchurch, New Zealand

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