Brook Sabin/Stuff

Brook Sabin/Stuff

WHAT IS HARAKEKE?

We’re a strategic creative and editorial studio at the heart of Stuff, weaving brand stories into the Stuff people care about.

Why us

We get New Zealanders

We have both the highest reaching and highest engagement media brands.

We know what matters

We’re fuelled by real-time interactions with our audiences through our stories, polls, sentiment tracker, surveys, and more.

We’re trail blazers

We’re independently owned and we Follow No One.

We fuel passions

More than 80% of Kiwis engage with our home, food, travel, sport, style, news and money content every month.

Storytelling is in our DNA

We have editorial and creatives at the heart of our business.

Our mission is to leverage our strength in storytelling to create better outcomes for everyone: brands, agencies, and audiences. We believe in the power of storytelling to help make Aotearoa a better place. And the stories we tell, break through.

From unearthing new narratives for brands to be a part of, to hearing what New Zealanders care about, spotting trends, opening a dialogue with an audience, to media-firsts that make you go ‘woah’.

We find new ways to make brands to stand out.

We find the Stuff people care about, and we use this to strategically-charge our ideas. And people care about a lot of Stuff: cars, communities, fashion, travel, food, the weather, and so much more. Every day, we hear about what matters.

Our ideas are woven into the Stuff ecosystem. And that ecosystem is huge, and full of stars.

We’ve got brands like Round The Bays, Ensemble Magazine, Neighbourly, NZ House & Garden, Sunday Star Times, Stuff.co.nz, The Post, The Press, and The Waikato Times. And we’ve got podcasts like Newsable, personalities, community newspapers, social media at scale and more.

If you want to find a new way to tell your brand story at scale, come and have a chat. And let’s break through, one story at a time.

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In our final episode of TLDR, Stuff owner Sinead Boucher highlights what she sees as the biggest threat to creative industries from AI.

BREAKTHROUGH STORYTELLING

Our results-driven creative team, backed with data, insights and an in-built, multi-platform audience (the largest in Aotearoa), loves nothing more than solving business and brand challenges through Breakthrough Storytelling that connects.

Creating, launching and marketing The House of Wellness brand in New Zealand has been a seamlessly integrated partnership with Stuff. From the magazine to digital executions, events and editorial partnership, our teams have worked closely together to deliver products that our suppliers and our customers love.
RUTENE WHAREKAWA, GROUP MEDIA & PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER, CHEMIST WAREHOUSE

WORK WITH US

Bring us your challenges - we'll solve them.

Whether you want to reach Kiwis at scale around the motu, or find influential audiences in niche, premium environments, Harakeke crafts bespoke solutions that meet your needs.

Email us at contactharakeke@stuff.co.nz or speak with your sales manager.

I just wanted to say thank you... a wonderful job. I love this campaign. It’s friendly, informative, joyful and not scary for those who want to know more about digital banking. Thanks to your team for making a difference in the lives of older people in Aotearoa.
OUR ASB CAMPAIGN DELIVERED FOR AGE CONCERN’S CEO

Get in touch: contactharakeke@stuff.co.nz

Ko te Harakeke o Puna

Kotahi te aho ka whati,
ki te kāpuia e kore e whati.

One strand of flax is easy to break,
but many strands together will stand strong.

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