Every young person should have unlimited possibilities.

UnLtd is a social purpose organisation connecting Aotearoa's media, marketing, creative and tech industry with charities helping children at risk.

Our Beliefs

1.

We believe every young person has something to offer, no matter what circumstances they're born into, and that their possibilities should be unlimited.

2.

We believe the media, marketing and creative industry and its people have the potential to use their financial and cultural influence to create significant positive social change.

3.

We believe if we work together we can ensure that every young future, is a bright future.

Our Charity Partners

We work with carefully selected charities making a measurable difference for young Kiwis at risk.

Kindness Collective

The Kindness Collective is a nationwide charity that spreads kindness by connecting children and families with the things they need (from everyday essentials to moments of joy).

KC supports over 120,000 people every year living in poverty through five nationwide programmes. The Collective aims to promote a kinder New Zealand, tackling inequity from the ground up, creating long term, positive social impacts where everyone has the chance to thrive.

kindness.org.nz

Springboard

Springboard believes that every young person deserves equal opportunities to succeed regardless of their background, race, religion or home life. Their programs provide young people opportunities to gain education qualifications, receive training and mentoring support, get into employment, work through deeper issues alongside health professionals and create a sense of belonging so that young people feel safe, and championed.

springboard.org.nz

The Graeme Dingle Foundation

The Graeme Dingle Foundation works with Aotearoa’s tamariki and rangatahi at different life stages working directly with schools and communities. Their programmes; Kiwi Can, Stars, Career Navigator & Project K build resilience and self-confidence to help young people overcome life’s obstacles and thrive. Founded by Sir Graeme Dingle and Jo-anne Wilkinson, Lady Dingle in 1995, they are a leading child and youth development charity. Every year they reach over 27,000 young people and have delivered their programmes to over 385,000 young people since their inception.

dinglefoundation.org.nz

Voices of Hope

Voices Of Hope is a mental health charity that aims to create and implement change for mental health, whilst providing hope through the voices of those with lived experience. Through advocacy, campaigning and story-telling, Voices of Hope platforms the stories that need to be heard to grow a culture of speaking out and showing up for our mental health.

thevoicesofhope.org

Our Corporate Partners

We work with over 100 companies across Aotearoa's media, marketing, creative and tech industry.

Our Gold Partners

Our Impact

In 2023, our industry generated over $3.6M of social impact through UnLtd. Read our full 2023 Impact Report here.

What we do

Media Book

Our unique Media Book program brings together media owners, media agencies and clients for good. Media owners gift inventory, media agencies incorporate this into existing strategies for like-minded clients who use part of their existing campaigns towards positive societal change.
Contact Sheryl to become part of Media Book.

Our Mahi

We bring together creative and media agencies to help our charity partners raise awareness and build trust with communities and supporters to achieve sustainable growth for years to come. See highlights of our recent mahi below.

Volunteering

We offer opportunities to use your media and marketing skills for good through skilled volunteering projects that support our charities.

Events

UnLtd Events bring the industry together to fundraise, network and have fun for good! See below for more details on our events.

Campaigns

We unite our industry's core skills for good to change behaviours, raise awareness and tell important stories. See highlights of some of our recent campaigns below.

We helped normalise the conversation around mental health.

MBM, Supernormal and Someday Studios collaborated to help Voices of Hope launch part two of their “Behind the Jersey” campaign, to smash the stigma around mental health. The campaign features well-known Kiwi sporting stars sharing their challenges around mental health, to normalise the conversation around mental health in the sports community and beyond. The creative was created by Supernormal and Someday Studios with media by MBM and media support by oOh! Media, LUMO, TVNZ, Warner Bros. Discovery, NZME & Mediaworks.

Watch the campaign

We helped Santa visit every child.

Dave Clark and PHD teamed up together to help Kindness Collective launch its reimagined Christmas Joy Store campaign to help drive donations and bring joy to 20,000 children.

See the campaign here

UnLtd Events

UnLtd: Open

Swing, drive and putt for good at our annual golf tournament! Grab your team of 4 and join us for 18 holes of surprises and activations along the course! See highlights from 2024 event here.

Next event: September 2025
Venue: TBC Golf Club Auckland

UnLtd: Big Chat

Our Big Chat thought leadership seminars explore purpose and impact topics with inspiring themes around creativity for good, mental health and wellbeing. Big Chat series is kindly sponsored by Meta.

Next event: June 2025 | November 2025
Venue: TBC Auckland

UnLtd: Big Clash

Our Big Clash cricket tournament brings the industry together to bat for good! Who will take home the trophy this year - Agencies or Media Owners?

Next event: 20 March 2025
Venue: Parnell Cricket Club Auckland

UnLtd: Dodgeball

Join us as we get the industry together to dodge, duck and dive for good at our popular UnLtd: Dodgeball competition! 24 teams from across the media, marketing, tech, and creative industries will be battling it out for the coveted trophy. This action packed event is perfect for teams who like to move fast and have fun.

Next event: July 2025

UnLtd: Big Trivia

Join us to see who the smartest minds in our industry are at the inaugural Big Trivia! You’ll get a workout for your brain cells as you compete in a fun but challenging round of questions testing your general knowledge and more. Gather your team and come along for a fun night of networking, food, drinks and tricky questions!

Next event: May 2025

Our Team

UnLtd Aotearoa Advisory Board Members

Ben Dufty
COO
GroupM

Jaana Collins
Director of Agency Markets
Stuff

Josh Moore
Principal Partner
Pitchblack Partners

Nick Vile
General Manager NZ
oOh!media

Nikki Grafton
CEO
PHD

Penelope Brown
Managing Director - Media
Together

Sandra Scott
Sales & Partnerships Director
Vistar Media

Simon Lendrum
CEO
Commercial Communications Council

UnLtd Aotearoa Team

Sheryl Dunlop
General Manager
UnLtd Aotearoa
Based in Auckland
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Stephen Hunt
CEO
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based in Sydney
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Jade Harley
Director of Partnerships
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based in Sydney
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Ashley McGrath
COO
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based in Sydney
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Nina Nyman
CMO
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based on the Gold Coast
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Katie McArthur
Head of Events
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based in Sydney
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Trinity Nell
Events & Marketing Assistant
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based in Brisbane
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Richard Overstall
Finance Manager
UnLtd Aotearoa/AU
Based in Sydney
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Whiria te tāngata.

Weave the people together.