That time of year where a certain jolly ol' fellow prepares for his descent down our chimneys has rolled 'round, once again.

We’ll be raising a glass over what's been another fantastic year working with - and alongside – an array of wonderful clients, and hoping for fruitful and prosperous 2012 for all involved!

"On behalf of the team at FM, have a very merry Christmas and an outrageous New Year!"

Just a small bit of housekeeping before you slip into holiday mode… Federation Media will be closed for business from Friday 23 December – Wednesday 4 January. However, if you require urgent assistance during this period call the main office line on 09 550 0880 and someone will be available to answer your call.

There have been way too many highlights to list them all here but we wanted to acknowledge a couple of pieces of work completed over the past 12 months that we are particularly proud of:

Working with a number of great partners, we helped Telecom's BackingBlack sponsorship of the All Blacks connect with fans through-out the country and around the world producing what we believe is one of the greatest examples of social media activation seen on our shores in 2011.

The first of what we hope will be many collaborative websites produced with development specialists Provoke Solutions, the new Kensington Swan website is an example of what a legal website should look and act like.

We launched a brand new website on the Heineken International CMS platform - stepping outside the box a little, we have been able to deliver a highly branded website that remains true to the interactive flexibility our clients have become used to.

So many things have happened in the Tiger digital world this year, but of particular note is the new website and the Tiger T-shirt design competition.

When Monteith’s launched their latest single source campaign we gave their website a bit of a nip & tuck and general spruce up to align it with the wider campaign. And with Summer’s arrival, we’re currently in the process of rolling out a new social media activation for the ‘Summer of Cider’. We love summer and we love their cider.

We love working with the guys at design agency The Church Auckland, and once again working together we have cracked out a winner with a re-launched pwc.co.nz on the Kentico CMS platform.

With our friends at Colenso we collaborated to deliver a true brand experience online and now you can try your hand at the ever popular fishing quiz.

Tui 

Continues to amaze digitally with Miss Tui being the 2011 highlight. The Campaign not only received well over a million page views, but managed to crash a well-known news website following the winning announcement.

The key ingredient of the real NZ summer has made great strides into the digital world, and with the new Tip Top Scoop App - made in collaboration with Colenso - ice cream lovers are never far from a tasty scoop (or two).

Moved forward with huge digital gains with their Wrappz products in NZ and Australia as well as their world-leading Rugby World Cup 2011 limited-edition photobooks for the discerning rugby fan.

We have built more Facebook Apps than we've had hot dinners this year, so we can't list them all. Suffice to say, we love Facebook and with our customised app development platform we are continuing to see great wins for our clients in the space.

We have also made some tremendous additions to the FM team over 2011. Most of you would have had some form of contact over the past year with one of our fabulous team members. We thank them all for their hard work and dedication to your businesses.

Many thanks again to all our friends, family and clients of FM for another awesome year, be sure to put your feet up between your family / social plans over the next couple of weeks and drive safely, wherever your itchy feet may take you!

Have a very merry Christmas and an outrageous New Year!

Warm regards,

The team at FM