Triathlon New Zealand appoints Republik to handle its media and creative account

Triathlon NZ has appointed Freemans Bay indie agency, Republik to its media and creative account, effective immediately.

Says Paul McNamara, director, Republik: “We’re really excited about this appointment. Triathlon is going from strength to strength and we’re very happy to be playing our part in promoting the sport here in New Zealand. – Tri NZ hosts and sanctions many events over the summer months, including the Sovereign Tri Series with the first being Sovereign Tinman at Mt Maunganui on 7th December 2014. I might even give one a go.”

Triathlon New Zealand is the national governing body for triathlon including; triathlon, duathlon, aquathlon and cross triathlon events. They carry out development programmes for youth, coaching and officials, including managing the competition rules and developing safety and fairness standards across all events. Tri NZ is responsible for selecting and managing age group teams to all ITU World Championship events on an annual basis. They own and deliver some key events, including the Sovereign Tri Series and various national championship events over a variety of distances. Triathlon New Zealand are also responsible for implementing a high performance programme that provides support for our elite and developing athletes, to help them advance and win on the world stage.

Says Julie Monaghan, commercial manager, Triathlon NZ: “Off the back of bringing on Sovereign Insurance as our major sponsorship partner, we are delighted to appoint Republik as our official agency of record. They’re a great team, they produce quality work and they just make things happen. We couldn’t be happier.”

There is no real incumbent. The account was previously managed by a number of smaller and sponsor aligned agencies.