New Zealand's Integrated Agency · Auckland
WHERE
CREATIVE
MEETS
MEDIA.

Pulse Media is Auckland's fully integrated advertising agency, uniting creative, digital, OOH, TV, and radio into campaigns that move Kiwi audiences and grow brands across Aotearoa and the Pacific.

150+
NZ Campaigns Delivered
8+
Years in the NZ Market
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150+
NZ Campaigns
8+
Years NZ Market
6+
Yrs Min Experience
12
Service Disciplines
What We Do

Everything your brand
needs. Under one roof.

As New Zealand's only genuinely integrated agency, we remove the friction between creative and media. Your campaign is built as one, not handed off between siloed specialists.

01

Design & Creative

Advertising creative built for every channel, from Queen Street billboards to TVNZ+ pre-rolls and TikTok stories. Our creative team is fluent in AI, motion, and 3D.

  • Integrated Campaign Creative
  • Digital & Social Ad Creative
  • Generative AI Advertising
  • 3D & Anamorphic Billboards
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02

Digital Marketing NZ

Performance-driven campaigns managed by an all-senior team across Google, Meta, TikTok, and every other platform Kiwi audiences actually use.

  • Google & Bing Paid Search
  • Meta, TikTok & LinkedIn Paid Social
  • SEO & Ecommerce SEO
  • Programmatic Display
Explore Digital →
03

Out-of-Home Advertising

From Auckland's Southern Motorway to Wellington's Lambton Quay, we plan and buy New Zealand's premium OOH and DOOH inventory with precision.

  • Billboard & Large Format NZ
  • Transit & Bus Shelter NZ
  • Digital OOH (DOOH)
  • Airport Advertising
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04

TV & BVOD

TVNZ, Three, Sky and beyond, we plan full-funnel video campaigns across linear TV and NZ's fast-growing on-demand platforms.

  • TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2 & TVNZ+
  • Three, Bravo & ThreeNow
  • Sky Network
  • Connected TV (CTV)
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05

Radio & Audio

New Zealand listens to radio more than almost any other developed nation. We help your brand capitalise on that reach, from ZM to Newstalk ZB.

  • NZME & MediaWorks Stations
  • Spotify & Podcast Advertising
  • Digital Audio (DAX)
  • Live Reads & Endorsements
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06

Media Planning & Strategy

Bespoke plans built for the unique rhythms of the New Zealand market, seasons, sports events, and the local cultural moments others miss.

  • Full-Funnel Media Strategy
  • Audience Research & Insights
  • Cross-Channel Planning
  • Pacific Region Expansion
Our Approach →
Why Pulse Media

No silos. No hand-offs.
Just results.

Most agencies separate creative from media, then charge you to make them talk. At Pulse Media, they've always spoken the same language.

From the initial brief through to campaign activation, your creative and media teams sit together, share the same data, and work toward the same objectives. This is rare in New Zealand. It's what makes campaigns built here punch above their budget, every time.

"The only agency model that reflects how modern marketing actually works, where ideas, distribution and measurement are inseparable from day one."
Auckland agency team collaborative
All-Senior Model
Everyone on your account has 6+ years of experience in their discipline. No exceptions, ever.
Who We Work With

Trusted by Kiwi and global brands alike.

Client Voice

What Our clients say.

Retail

Pulse Media didn't just plan our media, they rebuilt how we think about connecting with Kiwi customers. The integrated model genuinely delivers something different. We saw results in week one.

Sarah K. ,Head of Marketing
FMCG

After years of splitting budgets across four different agencies who never spoke to each other, Pulse brought everything together. Our brand metrics jumped within the first quarter.

James T. ,GM Marketing
Tourism

The team understands the New Zealand market, not just the media landscape but the cultural nuances. They know when Kiwis are receptive and how to speak to them authentically.

Aroha M. ,Director of Marketing
Financial Services

Working with an all-senior team is genuinely different. The people in our meetings are the people making decisions, that's rare, and it shows in the quality of the work.

Tom W. ,Chief Marketing Officer
Common Questions

Frequently
asked questions.

Everything you want to know about working with Pulse Media as a New Zealand brand.

What does "integrated agency" mean for a NZ brand? +
An integrated agency means your creative, media planning, and digital performance all sit together ,no separate retainers, no inter-agency briefing rounds. For NZ brands, this matters because the market is small and every dollar needs to work harder. When your Auckland billboard creative, your Google search ad, and your TVNZ+ pre-roll are built by the same team with the same brief, the message lands more consistently.
Do you work with small and medium NZ businesses? +
Yes. We work with brands of all sizes across New Zealand ,from challenger SMEs in Auckland to established national brands. We don't have a minimum spend requirement. What matters is that you're serious about growth and open to a proper integrated approach.
Do you work across all of NZ, including regional markets? +
Absolutely. We have offices in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch, and we plan campaigns across all regions ,from Northland to Invercargill. We understand the distinct media landscapes in regional NZ, including community radio, regional OOH, and local digital publishers.
Are you a media agency, digital agency, or creative agency? +
All three ,deliberately. The traditional splits between media agencies, digital agencies, and creative agencies create inefficiency and cost clients money in coordination overhead. We built Pulse Media to remove those splits. You get one team, one invoice, and one integrated strategy.
Can you help NZ brands expand into Australia and the Pacific? +
Yes. We have international planning capabilities and established media relationships across Australia and the Pacific. For Kiwi brands looking to grow across the Tasman or into Pacific markets, we provide strategic market-entry media planning and localised creative adaptation.
New Zealand Advertising Agency

Why Auckland's Best Brands Choose an Integrated Approach

New Zealand's advertising market is unique. With a population of just over five million spread across two islands and a highly competitive domestic media landscape, the brands that win are those who understand both the intimacy and the complexity of reaching Kiwi audiences.

At Pulse Media, we believe that the best advertising is built as one ,not assembled from pieces. When your TV script, your Google search strategy, and your DOOH brief come from separate agencies with separate incentives, your campaign suffers. When they come from the same integrated team, working from the same audience data, guided by the same creative platform, everything is sharper.

As a New Zealand advertising agency headquartered in Auckland with offices in Wellington and Christchurch, we have a home-ground understanding of what moves Kiwi audiences ,from the All Blacks season through to summer retail peaks and regional event-driven media moments.

  • Deep expertise in NZ media: TVNZ, Three, Sky, NZME, MediaWorks, QMS Media, Ooh!media NZ
  • Specialists in NZ's digital ecosystem: Google Ads NZ, Meta NZ, TikTok NZ, LinkedIn NZ
  • Strategic understanding of Kiwi seasonal and cultural moments that drive campaign performance
  • All campaigns managed by senior practitioners ,no offshore teams, no juniors
  • Independent media buying ,no bias toward media owners, just what's right for your brand

Advertising Agency Auckland

As Auckland's leading integrated advertising agency, Pulse Media works with brands of every size ,from growing Kiwi startups to established New Zealand names. Our Auckland office is the hub of our strategy, creative, and media planning operations, bringing together specialists who work together as one practitioner-led team without the departmental barriers that slow most agencies down.

Media Agency New Zealand

As an independent New Zealand media agency, we plan and buy media across all channels ,television, radio, out-of-home, digital, and print ,without the biases that come with media owner affiliations. Our proprietary media planning tools allow us to build bespoke, evidence-based plans that put your budget exactly where Kiwi audiences are at the moments that matter most to your brand.

Insights

Latest from Pulse Media.

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March 2025
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OOH
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February 2025
Generative AI advertising creative NZ
AI Creative
How Generative AI is Changing Advertising Creative for NZ Brands
January 2025
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