Creative & Advertising Agencies in New Zealand
Creative agencies building distinctive brands, campaigns, content, and experiences. Sorted by client portfolio, expertise, and track record.
DDB New Zealand
DDB Aotearoa is the Emotional Advantage Agency, unlocking human emotion to move people, culture, and business.
Tourism New Zealand, New World, Google
Colenso BBDO
Colenso BBDO is an Auckland creative advertising agency that has been destroying indifference since 1969.
Pedigree, DB Breweries, Spark +2
Augusto
An Auckland-based creative agency providing video production, brand strategy, and content creation services. Has produced campaigns for Adidas, Tourism New Zealand, Havana, and Spark.
Tourism New Zealand
Better&Better
A boutique creative agency providing strategic communications, brand storytelling, and creative services for tech, finance, innovation, social good, and sustainability clients.
Motion Sickness Studio
An award-winning independent New Zealand creative agency producing advertising, design, film, and digital work, with recognition at Cannes Lions, Effies, D&AD, and Axis Awards.
Kathmandu
Special Group
Operates as an independent creative network with offices in Auckland and Wellington, working across advertising, PR, design, and brand activation.
DB Breweries, Tourism New Zealand, Kiwibank +6
Creative HQ
Wellington-based innovation hub that has supported over 400 startup founders since 2003 through programmes, coaching, and events, also delivering innovation services to public and private sector organisations.
Trade Me, Westpac, Xero +2
4DESIGN
4DESIGN is a New Zealand industrial design and product development studio providing CAD development, concept design, prototyping, and production support across multiple industries.
Ford
SeeMe Media
A full-service marketing and advertising agency in New Zealand with over 15 years of experience, offering strategy, creative, digital marketing, outdoor advertising, and mainstream media placements.
Frankly Analytics | Digital and Analytics Consultancy
Digital growth consultancy operating at the intersection of data, digital, and technology. Works with New Zealand brands including JBWere, Aotearoa Art Fair, Land Information New Zealand, and Better Packaging Co.
Bastion Aotearoa
A full-service strategic and creative consultancy offering advertising, design, social media, communications, media, and digital services. Works with clients including KFC, Spark, ASB, Air New Zealand, and Whittaker's.
Glasshouse Digital
Auckland-based digital marketing agency specialising in paid digital campaigns across New Zealand and global markets. Focuses on transparent, strategy-led campaign delivery.
Lassoo Media
Independent full-service media, PR, and social agency based in Auckland. Operates across online and offline media with in-house strategists, planners, and data scientists, with over two decades of industry experience.
MONTOYA
An independent creative company with a presence in Australia and New Zealand, specialising in brand building, advertising, and integrated campaigns for travel, wellness, and entertainment brands.
Air New Zealand
TBWA New Zealand
Auckland advertising agency part of the global TBWA network, delivering creative campaigns and brand strategy for major New Zealand brands including 2degrees, ANZ, and Tourism New Zealand.
ANZ Bank New Zealand, 2degrees
Thompson Spencer
Full-service creative and media agency with offices in Auckland, Wellington, Sydney, and Melbourne, providing strategy, creative, and media buying across the full marketing funnel.
BcgCrave
A purpose-driven creative agency providing brand strategy and creative services to help brands gain visibility.
About Image
About Image is a New Plymouth design studio providing graphic design, web design, printing, signage, and marketing services to businesses in Taranaki and across New Zealand since 2001.
Bathgate Design
A Christchurch-based branding and graphic design studio specialising in visual identity, brand strategy, and creative direction for clients across architecture, hospitality, and property development.
Te Papa
Black Sheep Creative
A web design and development agency based in Hamilton with over 20 years of experience, building websites on HubSpot, Shopify, and SilverStripe platforms for New Zealand brands.
Cavalry Marketing & Design
Cavalry Marketing and Design is an Auckland-based outsourced marketing agency providing strategy, creative campaigns, brand identity, video content, and social media services for New Zealand SMEs.
Daymark
Strategic brand and digital design studio with offices in Hamilton and Tauranga, creating purpose-driven brand identities and digital experiences for organisations across regional Aotearoa.
Designwell
We design beautiful spaces that work.
Fonterra
Dialog Studio – Design Agency
Full-service brand agency providing strategy, brand design, web design, copywriting, and campaign delivery from its studio in New Zealand.
About the creative & advertising agencies ranking
Agencies listed
535
Verified profiles
12
Claimed profiles
2
Average score
51/200
Regions covered
16
Longest established
1998
Which creative & advertising agencies rank highest?
DDB New Zealand, Colenso BBDO and Augusto currently rank highest in this listing.DDB New Zealand leads with a directory score of 145/200. Rankings recompute automatically as directory data changes — placement is never paid or sponsored.
How the ranking works
Every creative & advertising agency is scored out of 200 from five public signals: verification status, client portfolio, specialty breadth, project track record, and public presence including years in business. There are no paid placements, and scores exclude self-reported claims that cannot be checked against public sources. See the full methodology.