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PR for NZ's biggest one-day festival

PR for NZ's biggest one-day festival

We’ve been working with Team Event for 14 years and this year we were thrilled to lead the public relations for the Electric Avenue Festival – providing media, social media, content creation, artist liaison and issues management services.

Jessica Cartwright

Jessica Cartwright

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Our new Partner explains 'Why Reputation Matters' in the Institute of Director's magazine

Our new Partner explains 'Why Reputation Matters' in the Institute of Director's magazine

There is a new kind of literacy needed around the boardroom table. Directors who would not dream of walking into a boardroom without being able to read a balance sheet now need to ask themselves whether they and their colleagues are sufficiently literate in the language of reputation.

Marie Hosking

Marie Hosking

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Convergence continues Auckland expansion with acquisition and two new equity partners

Convergence continues Auckland expansion with acquisition and two new equity partners

Convergence Communications is strengthening its Auckland presence with the purchase of Auckland-based communications consultancy, Ramsgate Advisors, and the addition of two new equity partners – Rick Osborne and Marie Hosking.

Leigh Harris

Leigh Harris

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Plans revealed for high-profile site - $120 million development for Sumner

Plans revealed for high-profile site - $120 million development for Sumner

It was a pleasure to help market the $120 million, once-in-a-lifetime Beachside development at Sumner in Christchurch.

Lisa Gold

Lisa Gold

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Helping Kiwis fully recover from eating disorders

Helping Kiwis fully recover from eating disorders

Thousands of New Zealanders are battling eating disorders. Waitlists for support are extremely high, but not only that, the standard of available care isn’t meeting the needs of those struggling.

Jessica Cartwright

Jessica Cartwright

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Working with one of New Zealand’s top private hospitals for more than a decade

Working with one of New Zealand’s top private hospitals for more than a decade

We’ve worked with St George’s Hospital, a private hospital in Christchurch, for many years providing strategic communications advice. Our work has varied from strategic planning, digital strategies, media relations and internal communications.

Lisa Gold

Lisa Gold

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Navigating the coalition government reforms – how will this affect your business or organisation

Navigating the coalition government reforms – how will this affect your business or organisation

The National Party has long considered itself the ‘party of business’ with a sharp eye on economic wellbeing and productivity. However, following New Zealand First and Act negotiations, the new National-led coalition government demands quickly enacted reform and it needs to deliver huge swathes of replacement legislation and policy change.

Lisa-Marie Richan (L-M)

Lisa-Marie Richan (L-M)

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Southern Cochlear Implant Programme's 20th Anniversary

Southern Cochlear Implant Programme's 20th Anniversary

A recent highlight of our six-year relationship with the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme (SCIP) has been to interview a cochlear implant from every year of SCIP’s 20 years in operation to create this heartwarming publication.

Janine Ogier

Janine Ogier

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Convergence acquires majority of Trio client book

Convergence acquires majority of Trio client book

An opportunity too good to pass up is how Convergence Communications & Marketing managing partner Leigh Harris describes the decision to acquire most of the client book of a long-established Auckland PR firm –Trio Communications.

Leigh Harris

Leigh Harris

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