CHINESE TAKEAWAY

TitleCHINESE TAKEAWAY
BrandNEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT AGENCY
Product / ServiceROAD SAFETY
CategoryA16. Public Service Messages and Charities
EntrantCLEMENGER BBDO Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Entrant Company CLEMENGER BBDO Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Advertising Agency CLEMENGER BBDO Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Media Agency OMD Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Production Company CURIOUS FILM Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

Credits

Name Company Position
Philip Andrew Clemenger BBDO Executive Creative Director
Brigid Alkema Clemenger BBDO Creative Director
Dan Moth Clemenger BBDO Copywriter
Tony Haigh Clemenger BBDO Art Director
Martin Gray Clemenger BBDO Agency Producer
Jen Gasson Clemenger BBDO Agency Producer
Thomas Scovell Clemenger BBDO Planner
Linda Major Clemenger BBDO Director Of Social Marketing
Bethany Omeri Clemenger BBDO Account Manager
Annabelle Wilkinson OMD Business Director
Emily Goulden OMD Account Director
Robin Walters Curious Film Director
Matt Noonan Curious Film Producer
Cushla Dillon Curious Film Editor
Chris Mauger Curious Film Dop
Paul Graham New Zealand Transport Agency Principal Scientist
Rachel Prince New Zealand Transport Agency Principal Advisor

Brief Explanation

The ads make stoners question their ability to drive by seeing their behaviour through the eyes of the real experts on stoned behaviour: the shopkeepers of New Zealand. Each ad features the kind of places hungry marijuana users go: a bakery, a Chinese takeaway and a convenience store. Even though the ads are anti-drugs they’ve been embraced by stoner culture in New Zealand. Lines of dialogue from the ads have since become vernacular speech among the audience and it’s got them talking about a subject they’d previously rejected.