Join Isabel Leeming as she shares the key insights from her Master’s thesis, The Adoption of Communication Technologies by the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Relations Industry: Social Media and Artificial Intelligence. She will touch on the risk of trial-and-error learning in AI implementation, the importance of proactive adoption models for the PR industry and more. Find out how the NZ landscape is adopting communication technology so far and where to go from here.

In the lead up to the 2026 PRINZ Awards, Chief Judges Nikki Wright APR FPRINZ and Tracey Bridges FPRINZ LPRINZ will be hosting a webinar to share their thoughts on everything from the entry form to what constitutes an award winning entry, They will be joined by immediate past Chief Judge Andrew Pirie FPRINZ and a selection of category Panel Chairs to share their thoughts on matters such as what category suits your entry, what scores highly and what can hinder entries from achieving Gold status.

Successful public relations consulting depends not only on strategy and expertise, but also on the quality of relationships consultants build with their clients. Drawing on recent ethnographic research within New Zealand’s consulting industry, Dr Deepti Bhargava and Dr Petra Theunissen (Auckland University of Technology) explore how public relations consultants use empathy, politeness, humour, and tactful communication to balance professional expertise with relational harmony when offering critical advice.

In the first segment of our PRINZ Gold Award webinar series, we hear from Pead on their Gold award-winning campaign “Restoring Mana (prestige): The World’s Largest Haka for Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust”.

In the second segment of our PRINZ Gold Award webinar series, we hear from Special PR on their Gold award-winning campaign “KFC Gravy Train”.

In the third segment of our PRINZ Gold Award webinar series, we hear from Hamilton City Council on their Gold award-winning campaign “A rose amongst thorns – the challenging evolution of Hamilton Gardens”.

In the final segment of our PRINZ Gold Award webinar series, we hear from Great Scott on their Gold award-winning campaign “Connecting the dots to protect lives – Methanex’s process safety campaign”.