Benji Marshall stars in Air New Zealand ads highlighting sponsorship of Auckland Nines

Miranda Ward

January 6, 2015 4:08

Air New Zealand has recruited NRL star Benji Marshall for a series of videos promoting its sponsorship of the 2015 Auckland Nines rugby league tournament, with Marshall taking on the role of coach to a weedy tourist called Jeff.

The videos, created by Host Sydney, see Marshall “training” Jeff through a variety of tourist activities around Auckland to get ready for the tournament, promoting a competition to win a long weekend away in the city with winners able to chose one of the experiences in the videos as part of their prize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3SgDgyHDP4

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.