BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PRINZ - Public Relations Institute of New Zealand - ECPv6.3.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:PRINZ - Public Relations Institute of New Zealand X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://prinz.org.nz X-WR-CALDESC:Events for PRINZ - Public Relations Institute of New Zealand REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20240406T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20240928T140000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20250405T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20250927T140000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241015T164500 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241015T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215835 CREATED:20240909T232325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241008T051910Z UID:43523-1729010700-1729018800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - Auckland Event: Meet the New Business News Makers - A presentation\, panel discussion and networking event DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/meet-the-new-business-news-makers-a-presentation-panel-discussion-and-networking-event/ LOCATION:Lion NZ\, Level 1\, 136 Fanshawe Street\, Auckland\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/business-news.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241022T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241022T123000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215835 CREATED:20240611T033914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T033914Z UID:40864-1729589400-1729600200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Leveraging GA4 for PR Success: Crafting Custom PR Dashboards with Looker Studio DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/leveraging-ga4-for-pr-success-crafting-custom-pr-dashboards-with-looker-studio/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/google-analytics-4-blog-post-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241023T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241023T123000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215835 CREATED:20240830T041321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T021644Z UID:43179-1729675800-1729686600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Nelson Event - AI in PR: From Next to Now DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/nelson-event-ai-in-pr-from-next-to-now/ LOCATION:Nelson Classic Car Museum\, 1 Cadillac Way\, Nelson\, 7011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nelson-Event-banner-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241023T133000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241023T160000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240830T042523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T021711Z UID:43203-1729690200-1729699200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Nelson Event - Rethinking Reputation DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/nelson-event-rethinking-reputation/ LOCATION:Nelson Classic Car Museum\, 1 Cadillac Way\, Nelson\, 7011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nelson-Event-banner-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T130000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T140000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240906T025334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240908T213651Z UID:43494-1730379600-1730383200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Fellows & Life Member Webinar: Down the Rabbit Hole - What is Misinformation and how to Tackle It DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/down-the-rabbit-hole-what-is-misinformation-and-how-to-tackle-it/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/misinformation.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T163000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241031T180000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240923T003519Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T012210Z UID:43926-1730392200-1730397600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Christchurch Event: Insights from Industry Leaders on Communications in 2024 and Beyond DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/insights-from-industry-leaders-on-communications-in-2024-and-beyond/ LOCATION:No. 4 Bar and Restaurant\, 4 Mansfield Avenue\, St Albans\, Christchurch\, 8014\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/communications-event-christchurch.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241104T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T120000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240606T030043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T225329Z UID:40749-1730712600-1730980800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Introduction to Public Relations DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/introduction-to-public-relations-5/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/intro-to-pr.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20241103T223852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T223852Z UID:44845-1730998800-1731006000@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Tauranga First Thursdays DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/tauranga-first-thursdays-3/ LOCATION:Picnicka\, Elizabeth Towers Level 1/38 Elizabeth Street\, Tauranga\, 3110\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/First-Thursdays.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240923T231126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241211T011711Z UID:43442-1731000600-1731006000@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Your Comms Career Path and How to Stand Out Within It DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/your-comms-career-path-and-how-to-stand-out-within-it/ LOCATION:Momentum Consulting Offices\, Shed 20\, Princes Warf\, Quay Street\, Auckland\, 1010 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/comms-industry-stand-out.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241113T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241113T133000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240902T042950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T010317Z UID:43318-1731499200-1731504600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission: Development West Coast DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/what-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-development-west-coast/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/240529_PRINZ-126-scaled-e1724992725110.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241121T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241121T133000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240822T013031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240822T014240Z UID:43086-1732190400-1732195800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series: Palmerston North City Council DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/what-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-palmerston-north-city-council/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/240529_PRINZ-148-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T133000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20240807T022917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T023809Z UID:42621-1732795200-1732800600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series: Great Scott DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/what-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-great-scott/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240529_PRINZ-170-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T163000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T183000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20241104T034501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241104T034827Z UID:44875-1732811400-1732818600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Waikato Christmas Catch up DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/waikato-christmas-catch-up/ LOCATION:Hāpi Bar\, 401 Grey Street\, Hamilton\, Hamilton East\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-16.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20241023T024840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T041527Z UID:44627-1732815000-1732820400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Auckland Last Thursdays DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/auckland-first-thursdays-6/ LOCATION:Queens Rooftop\, Level 21/1 Queen Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Nelson-Event-banner.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241128T193000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20241113T220009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241113T230127Z UID:45130-1732815000-1732822200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Celebrate the Season with PRINZ Southern DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/celebrate-the-season-with-prinz-southern/ LOCATION:No. 4 Bar and Restaurant\, 4 Mansfield Avenue\, St Albans\, Christchurch\, 8014\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241129T083000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241129T103000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20241016T235612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T223941Z UID:44401-1732869000-1732876200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Introduction to Mastering Tough Conversations and Effective Feedback DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/introduction-to-mastering-tough-conversations-and-effective-feedback/ LOCATION:Pead\, Imperial Building\, Level 2\, 44 Queen Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mastering-tough-convo-e1728612719152.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241203T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241203T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215836 CREATED:20241119T200830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241119T201116Z UID:45267-1733245200-1733252400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Wellington Christmas Connector DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/wellington-christmas-connector/ LOCATION:Foxglove\, 33 Queens Wharf\, Wellington\, 6011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-21.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T133000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20240807T033942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T035717Z UID:42799-1733400000-1733405400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series: Mango Communications DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/what-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-mango-communications/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/240529_PRINZ-286-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241205T183000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20241111T035748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T035748Z UID:44997-1733418000-1733423400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Tauranga First Thursdays DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/tauranga-first-thursdays-4/ LOCATION:Picnicka\, Elizabeth Towers Level 1/38 Elizabeth Street\, Tauranga\, 3110\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241212T120000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20241212T133000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20240821T034903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241208T205235Z UID:42239-1734004800-1734010200@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:What Makes a Gold Award-Winning Submission Webinar Series : Acumen DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/what-makes-a-gold-award-winning-submission-webinar-series-acumen/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240529_PRINZ-187-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250128T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250130T120000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20240911T013047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T031258Z UID:43664-1738056600-1738238400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:PR Horizons DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/pr-horizons-2/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PR-Horizons-course-cover-for-PRINZ-use-Catherine-Arrow.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250204T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250204T120000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20240911T015514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240918T004557Z UID:43680-1738661400-1738670400@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Ethics\, Risk and Reputation in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/ethics-risk-and-reputation-in-the-age-of-ai-3/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/AI-Ethics-cover-Catherine-Arrow.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250213T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250213T193000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20250114T031229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T031229Z UID:46130-1739467800-1739475000@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:PRINZ Southern Summer Drinks DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/prinz-southern-summer-drinks/ LOCATION:The Montreal Bar at Hotel Montreal\, 363 Montreal Street\, Christchurch\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-banners-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250218T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250225T120000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20241112T030420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T203207Z UID:44672-1739871000-1740484800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Telling Our Stories Well DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/telling-our-stories-well-2/ LOCATION:Online ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PRINZ-Gala-Dinner-Event-Cover-6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250227T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250227T193000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20241121T034033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T030611Z UID:44980-1740677400-1740684600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:State of the Sector 2025 DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/state-of-the-sector-2025/ LOCATION:ANZ 23 Albert Street\, Auckland CBD\, Auckland 1010 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nelson-Event-banner-25.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T183000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20250217T003844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T003617Z UID:46981-1741280400-1741285800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Tauranga First Thursdays DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/tauranga-first-thursdays-5/ LOCATION:Picnicka\, Elizabeth Towers Level 1/38 Elizabeth Street\, Tauranga\, 3110\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/First-Thursdays.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20250205T031114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T220526Z UID:46742-1741280400-1741287600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Your Comms Career Path and How to Stand Out Within It DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/your-comms-career-path-and-how-to-stand-out-within-it-2/ LOCATION:Momentum Consulting Wellington\, 8/40 Mercer Street\, Wellington\, 6011\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024-banners-1-1-e1738725064261.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T170000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250306T190000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20250224T231442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T003918Z UID:47132-1741280400-1741287600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Auckland First Thursdays DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/auckland-first-thursdays-7/ LOCATION:Queens Rooftop\, Level 21/1 Queen Street\, Auckland\, 1010\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Nelson-Event-banner-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250311T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250311T160000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20241114T030621Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250107T211222Z UID:44956-1741685400-1741708800@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Issues and Crisis Management DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/issues-and-crisis-management-6/ LOCATION:EMA\, 145 Khyber Pass Road\, Grafton\, Auckland ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Untitled-design-4-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250313T073000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250313T083000 DTSTAMP:20260429T215837 CREATED:20250224T002235Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250224T002426Z UID:47097-1741851000-1741854600@prinz.org.nz SUMMARY:Waikato Communicators Breakfast Mixer DESCRIPTION:22 February @ 5.30pm - 7.30pm \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n OverviewWe will be kicking off our first ever hybrid event with Isentia’s latest research paper on the perceptions of PR and Communications in Aotearoa and Australia\, followed by an expert panel discussion.Looking at narratives across traditional and social media\, we will be taking a closer look at the impact current perceptions might have on the future of the PR industry.  Key questions: – What might this mean for attracting talent? – What is impacting trust in communications over time? – Is the media’s perception of PR the most dominant view? All of these questions and more will be covered at ”The Future of PR” hosted at ANZ’s stunning offices. Thank you to ANZ for generously sponsoring this event.  Important ticket information: Virtual and in-person tickets are not interchangeable as there are limited numbers for the in-person event. Ticket purchasing remains the same. The link to virtually join the event will be sent out closer to the date. Feel free to email us with any questions at office@prinz.org.nz \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Your presenters are..Ngaire Crawford As the Director of Insights & Research\, Ngaire is the regional head for research at Isentia and Pulsar across Australia and New Zealand. The Insights & Research division is responsible for producing bespoke media\, communications\, reputation and audience research for a wide range of clients from large corporates\, government departments to small NGOs. She also leads global product development for PR and Communications across the Access Intelligence global research teams.   She has more than 15 years in the field of communications and media research with a particular focus on the role of representation\, and is a passionate advocate for research\, and that the right data (and good communications) can change the world!    \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Heather Claycomb Heather Claycomb founded HMC in May 2004 driven by her passion to tell a great story and support Waikato businesses in making a difference.  In 2019\, her business evolved into a social enterprise which now donates its profits to her family charity\, All Good Ventures. Passionate about the PR industry\, Heather has been involved in the PR Institute of NZ (PRINZ) in a regional leadership and governance capacity since 2013.  She was elected to the position of Board Chair in May 2022. Heather’s unique background in communications\, marketing\, sales and public relations across a broad range of industries have given her a strong foothold to run HMC . Her MBA education coupled with an expertise in corporate communications\, allows Heather to bring a unique perspective to her clients with the ability to approach communications issues from a strategic business perspective. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Brad Pogson A passionate advocate for the role of PR\, Brad has enjoyed working in the industry for the past 13 years. During this time\, he has developed and led corporate reputation programmes for some of the world’s most recognised brands across a variety of sectors. His experience spans the breadth of the public relations discipline – from corporate communications\, issues management\, and media engagement\, to internal communications and marketing comms. His work has been recognised by the Public Relations Institute\, with an Effie from the Commercial Communications Council\, and with a Cannes Lion at the International Festival of Creativity. A previous PR person of the Year\, Brad has worked in-house with Vodafone’s corporate affairs team and held senior agency roles in New Zealand and England. He spent (nearly) a year through COVID-19 running his own PR firm and was appointed managing director of Porter Novelli in 2021 – the youngest leader in the agency’s 45-year history. Today\, Brad is a company director and partner in the newly merged GRC Partners + Porter Novelli. He leads the firm’s cyber communications practice and is activity involved with the PRINZ northern committee.      \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Peter Parussini Peter is responsible for leading external and internal communications\, customer complaints\, corporate social responsibility\, government relations and corporate sponsorships for ANZ Bank in New Zealand and the Pacific. He sits on the company’s New Zealand Leadership Team. Peter was part of the core team for the sale of ANZ’s Asia Retail and Wealth businesses in Singapore\, Indonesia\, Hong Kong\, Taiwan\, China and Vietnam in 2016-17. He was also one of the project leads for the merger of The National Bank and ANZ\, New Zealand’s biggest brand change project\, in 2012. Peter has more than 30 years of experience in the communications and marketing industries\, spanning journalism\, sports marketing\, university lecturing\, education\, sponsorships\, branding\, broadcasting\, politics and international affairs.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Philip Clark Philip leads the corporate communications team at Meridian Energy\, responsible for all external communications\, including strategy\, media\, issues and communications to support the company’s development and construction projects. The team also leads internal communications and partners with Marketing on social media.   Philip joined Meridian in January 2023 from Sport NZ\, where he worked across both Sport NZ and High Performance Sport NZ over a seven year stint. During this time he initiated and led a major study of gender balance in sports news coverage\, undertaking extensive stakeholder engagement with media\, sports and others to help drive positive change. He has more than 25 years experience in communications\, both in-house and agency side\, working with leading companies in New Zealand\, Australia and the UK.   URL:https://prinz.org.nz/event/waikato-communicators-breakfast-mixer/ LOCATION:Sentinel Cafe\, 586 Victoria Street\, Hamilton\, 3204\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://prinz.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/thriday-03ve_4Ug0Ow-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR