Media

• Ability to access media publishers that offer wide reach and an ability to engage a variety of audiences across New Zealand including specific cultural audiences and other targeted demographics.
• Standardised terms and conditions across all AoG suppliers.
• AoG baseline rates and discounts on media are a starting point for further negotiations to be had by individual agencies or their media representatives based on actual commitment and volume spend at point of sale.

Professional services broader outcomes

• Access to AoG baseline rates and discounts that offer more value for money compared with what an agency would otherwise have access to outside AoG. The rates may be improved through, for example, volume commitments.
• Access to sources of added value such as training opportunities and heavily discounted air time.
• Reporting under this agreement will provide government with valuable data for spend and trend analysis on media.

Suppliers have offered special AoG only discounts, rates or a mixture of rates and discounts.

• Baseline discounts vary per supplier. These discounts are the minimum discounts available to all government agencies, and can be used as a starting point for additional savings negotiated at time of sale.
• AoG rates also vary per supplier. These rates are the maximum rates available to all government agencies, and can be used as a starting point for additional savings negotiated at time of sale.

While most AoG contracts include an administration fee as a way of recovering the cost of developing, sourcing, implementing and managing them, there is no administration fee on the media contract at this stage. In the future we may appoint a lead media negotiator and/or analyst to assist agencies in getting further benefits from the solution. If and when this happens we will review our administration fee needs and advise all parties accordingly.