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Kōrero: Advertising

Bank of New Zealand Advertisement, 1990

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The most famous of Len Potts’ Bank of New Zealand commercials nostalgically evoked a beach-side bach of the 1950s. It aimed to brand the bank as Kiwi by tapping into feelings of New Zealand identity.

Video courtesy of Bank of New Zealand

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Jock Phillips, Advertising – Advertising and New Zealand society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/22430/bank-of-new-zealand-advertisement-1990 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 4 March 2010.