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As the final stretch of 2025 begins, One Plus One Communications is formally welcoming three new graduates to the business.

Independent agency selected to support the leading insurance provider's communications and storytelling in Aotearoa

Independent New Zealand PR agency One Plus One Communications was last night named the best boutique PR agency in the Asia-Pacific region at an awards ceremony in Hong Kong, hosted by Campaign Asia. 

Recognised with Gold in the category, alongside five Silver Awards across standout client campaigns.

One Plus One’s Kelly Bennett chats with Gower about life after Newshub, finding the upside and telling stories that stick.

Sir John Hegarty’s name is synonymous with some of the biggest advertising companies in the world. Here’s what he thinks about the state of business today.

An interview with Nick Asbury

Leading telecommunications company 2degrees has appointed One Plus One as its corporate communications partner.

Emily Ding, James Tapp and Sydnee Krum promoted to account director and account managers, respectively.

The Meta founder has always been very careful in his selection of words – and this video sermon is no different.

Advertising businesses have long been built on mergers and acquisitions but we’ve never seen anything quite like IPG and Omnicom coming together, writes Kelly Bennett.

Warriors tragic Liz Holt on what makes the Warriors such a likeable sports brand.

Sarah Norrie, Chief Marketing Officer, Milford, said she was impressed with One Plus One’s stellar credentials and industry knowledge.

Again recognised as NZ’s leading large corporate communications agency

A Pasifika-only press conference.

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Liz Holt and Hannah Kronast join the team

Opinion: Damien Venuto

Erin McKenzie and Sydnee Krum join the team.

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Venuto has spent the past six years at the Herald, with four spent as online business editor.

Things are moving full speed across the media landscape – both in Aotearoa and beyond.

David Bull and Molly Crossland join the team.

A lot has happened in our sector and much more is on its way with the looming New Zealand election: The battle of the Chrises.

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One Plus One has partnered with Shayne Walker, former CEO of Ngāti Porou Holding Company.

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Emily Ding spoke to the Tertiary Education Commission for their Careers NZ series encouraging Kiwis to get into rewarding fields like ours.

Max Burt will lead the day-to-day operations and continued growth of the business.

Blackpearl Group has appointed One Plus One Communications as its PR partner.

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For someone who has claimed to be “seriously committed to strengthening New Zealand’s relationship with India”, Shane Jones has a curious way of making friends.

Our managing director Kelly Bennett took a punt on reaching out to Sir John Hegarty, one of the world’s most successful advertising figures.

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The majority of the population are starting to take the connection between our fast-paced throwaway lifestyle seriously – and for good reason.

The media landscape, in New Zealand and globally, has found itself in a state of change.

One Plus One is proud to announce that we’ve begun 2019 by onboarding one of New Zealand’s largest professional services firms Beca, after winning a competitive pitch process towards the back end of last year.

By common consensus, the phrase “press baron” is one that’s likely to slip away from everyday vernacular.

Former Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger shines a light on the trends and tumultuous events that took place during his twenty year reign.

One Plus One has been appointed as RITANZ's corporate communications partner, with a brief to raise their profile and further strengthen its corporate credibility.

Think TripAdvisor but for health care.

This year, for the first time ever, Voyager became the naming rights sponsor, and our task was to help with putting Voyager at the heart of debate and discussion about the best of Kiwi journalism.

Put simply, Shareclarity values the companies of tomorrow, for the investors of today.

to assist them with their communications and promotional efforts to leverage their inaugural sponsorship of the Voyager Media Awards 2018.

Late last year, I wandered into a second-hand bookshop and picked up a copy of One + One = Three, by advertising legend Dave Trott.

Listed on the New Zealand stock exchange (NZX: PLX), Plexure is a Kiwi marketing automation company that operates successfully across the world.

We’re delighted to announce we’ve been appointed to work with nib on a series of substantial upcoming projects that commence immediately.

Just a little over six weeks ago it seemed like the writing was on the wall for this election result...

“Twenty, thirty, at the outside 40 years from now, we will look back on the print media the way we look back on travel by horse and carriage, or by wind-powered ship.”

One Plus One consultant Alex Harman was selected by a panel of judges as the 2017 Sally Logan Milne Young Practitioner of the Year.

Earlier this year, we took possession of our own dedicated commercial space in St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland.

To help publicise their latest findings from their annual 2017 Directors’ Fee Survey.

One Plus One were thrilled to be involved with Zeffer cider’s public capital offer to raise $1.2 million via Snowball Effect to fuel its export strategy and drive domestic growth.

With more than 20 years’ experience, Kelly Bennett is the consummate public relations professional.

It isn’t often you hear of a global firm taking on a foreign student who is still a year away from graduating.

I remember being told that if you wanted to be anything in corporate PR in New Zealand, there was only one place for you to start out.

One of the many important parts of public relations is relationships.