30 June, 2014
BrandWorld joins forces with Niche Media
Creating a powerhouse branded content offering for New Zealand’s growing ethnic populations
Content marketing company BrandWorld has joined forces with New Zealand’s leading ethnic media specialist Niche Media to
offer a one-stop branded content shop for clients wishing to reach as broad an audience as possible.
“Did you know that 78% of Chinese people consume half or more than half of their media in Chinese? In fact for all the
ethnicities Niche Media surveyed, results are similar, with more than 50% preferring to consume media produced in their
own languages,” says BrandWorld’s Business Manager Cameron Harper.
New Zealand has and is experiencing a huge cultural shift and with that media consumption has changed enormously, he
says. “There’s far more choice for ethnic communities today. Companies can’t just put up a message on our main TV
channels or their own online offerings and expect it to reach everyone they need it to. Just as different age and socio
demographic groups consume media differently, so do different ethnic groups.”
In more than a decade Niche Media has built up a level of knowledge about ethnic media use both here and overseas that
is unrivalled, says Harper. “Currently we’re involved in at least two significant pitches with Niche Media where the
clients want to use BrandWorld’s knowledge of branded content and visual storytelling to engage with all New Zealanders, both those who live here and those who may be thinking of coming here.”
According to the 2013 census, the combined ethnic and Maori populations of New Zealand currently make up 34% of the
population; increasing to 46% in Auckland. The fastest growing populations are Pacific (2.4%) and Asian (3.4%).
“Over 83,000 new immigrants have arrived from the Pacific, Asia and the Middle East and Africa in the last two years,
most without any knowledge of New Zealand brands, but needing to purchase a whole range of products from cars and houses
to food, furniture and electronics. So it’s a very powerful, high growth and relatively untapped market,” says Marty
Pouwels, Niche Media’s Managing Director.
“What our research shows is Chinese people, for example, are reading and watching Chinese media, which means that
mainstream media options simply aren’t effective if companies want to reach New Zealand’s growing minority populations.
“We’re delighted to be joining forces with BrandWorld. Their client list and spread of clients is unparalleled and their
knowledge about how to make branded content that really resonates with consumers is well known. Now we can help them
take that knowledge and distribute it effectively among the country’s growing ethnic communities to maximise sales for
their clients.”
These communities are the fastest growing in New Zealand, says Pouwels. “They are driving the New Zealand economy and
they are delivering growth in exports faster than any other groups in New Zealand. Any company that does not have an
ethnic marketing strategy is going backwards by two plane loads a week.”
BrandWorld
BrandWorld has become a world leader in content marketing and advertising through its masthead formats Family Health
Diary, Eating Well and Discover as well as a multitude of bespoke offerings including The Mix, Made-to-Match and Food in
a Minute. Many of BrandWorld’s products, which are designed to showcase a multitude of different brands, have boosted
products sales for clients by more than 200%.
BrandWorld prides itself on being innovative and offering truly effective solutions to clients by combining
programme-making skills with real research showing what clients’ consumers want. The company was the first New Zealand
advertising company to offer clients cost effective, fixed cost packages; the first to aggregate multiple clients in a
common advertising format; and the first company to retain ownership of its own advertising “brands.” Its offerings have
won countless marketing awards for clients. For more information visit www.brandworld.co.nz
Niche Media
Niche Media is a full service communications agency 100% focused on ethnic communities. A pioneer in the field of
multicultural marketing, Niche Media has been setting best practices in ethnic marketing for over a decade. It has
offices across New Zealand, Shanghai, Mumbai and Seoul, as well as partner organisations in Australia. It’s in the
process of building a network of like-minded partners across the world. In 2013 it undertook a comprehensive review of
ethnic media habits in New Zealand to gain a better handle on how the country’s minorities choose, use and consume the
media here. For more information visit www.nichemedia.co.nz
As well as being the leading multicultural media service provider, Niche Media also helped establish and manages EMINZ,
New Zealand’s Ethnic Media Information portal. Formed by a cooperative of ethnic media companies, the portal allows
advertisers to coordinate their media offerings into the main ethnic communities: Chinese, Indian, Pacific Island,
Korean and Filipino. www.eminz.co.nz
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