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Phantom Goes Global

Phantom Goes Global

No, New Zealand’s billstickers haven’t launched an international subsidiary. Nor have we started pasting up posters in Oslo or Abidjan (yet). But we have been checking out some of the…
There’s a Tiger on the prowl. Watch out!

There’s a Tiger on the prowl. Watch out!

Tigers! Tigers with lasers! Tigers are cool. Tiger Crystal Ultra Low Carb is also extremely cool, especially when you crack one straight from the fridge. A brand like this deserves a thrilling…
40 years with glue in our hair

40 years with glue in our hair

  Phantom started sticking posters to walls way back in 1982. That’s an awful lot of gluey buckets, flyaway paper and 4am starts. It’s been one helluva ride. So what…
This is rough

This is rough

Poetry written by those living on the street At Phantom Billstickers, we’ve been pasting poems in public almost as long as we’ve been printing posters. But we’ve never taken part…
If walls could speak…

If walls could speak…

Painting the streets with poetry Coming soon to a wall near you: 14 fresh new voices from Tāmaki Makaurau. Spoken Walls is what happens when the voices of our rangatahi…
Raise a flag, raise funds for Ukraine

Raise a flag, raise funds for Ukraine

Show your true colours Stunned by the news coming out of Ukraine? Us too. We were wondering what we could possibly do to help when this campaign from Colenso BBDO,…
Is this your next holiday?

Is this your next holiday?

Phantom reached the unaware so Motueka could sell its wares The sun shines a lot in the Motueka region. As well as an enviable climate, it boasts golden beaches, vineyards,…
Art, enabled by you

Art, enabled by you

At Phantom, we think street posters have an essential role to play in our country’s culture. The arts don’t just take place behind closed doors. They need a public stage.…
Interview – David Merritt

Interview – David Merritt

Renegade poet David Merritt has been absent from the poetry scene for the last couple of years. We caught up with him to chat about his off-grid lifestyle and what…
Interview – Ben Brown

Interview – Ben Brown

Tuia! Tui – Tuia! Tuia te hā. Tuia te kupu. Tuia te kōrero. Tāu te māramatanga… Tihei Mauri  Ora… Tēna Koutou e hoa mā, e pēhea ana te hararei? Whakahari…
Francisca Griffin: Taking to the Road

Francisca Griffin: Taking to the Road

With songs to call on stretching back to her days with Look Blue Go Purple as well as two solo albums, Francisca Griffin is about to tour in the North…
Martin Phillipps: Chuffed and Chilled Out

Martin Phillipps: Chuffed and Chilled Out

The Chills new album Scatterbrain is the band’s third in six years, an unusually productive period for a band who’ve often been famously interrupted by line-up changes. Martin Phillipps spoke…
Phantom Goes Global

Phantom Goes Global

No, New Zealand’s billstickers haven’t launched an international subsidiary. Nor…
This is rough

This is rough

Poetry written by those living on the street At Phantom…