Mother Media is an umbrella firm for a range of creative services, from content creation to photography, marketing, PR, digital publishing and design.

Every creative at Mother Media works both independently and as part of a team, depending on what each job calls for.

With members in Wellington, Hawke's Bay, New York and Vancouver, Mother Media works from anywhere and everywhere.

Need a short film to promote your business? How about some on point copy for your website or a photographer for your new recipe book?  

We can help from the smallest element of your project to taking care of everything end to end, whether that's editing, marketing and distributing your ebook or taking beautiful photographs of your products, writing stellar copy to match and finding the right audience.
 

COPYWRITING & EDITING

We represent a number of professional journalists and writers with a full range of experience able to craft anything you need out of words.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Our professional photographers have vast experience in everything you need, from products to portraits, landscapes to events. 
 

PUBLISHING

From providing a basic how-to guide to self-publishing, to a full service offering including editing, social media, design, marketing and distribution, we can help get your project off the ground.

DESIGN

Whether it's product, interactive, furniture, book cover, layout or marketing materials, we have all your design needs covered.

PR & MARKETING

With experience in creative, product and service marketing, we have years of experience promoting a plethora of clients to the right audiences.

FILM

Our award-winning, internationally recognised filmmakers can create anything you need on film.

BONNIE SUMNER

Bonnie has 10 years’ experience as a journalist and copywriter for nationwide print and online media, magazines, SMEs and corporations. Bonnie was co-owner of boutique PR agency Smith & Sumner and now runs property copywriting agency frase.nz with her sister, Rachel.
 

RuTH MITCHENER

Ruth is an award-winning designer who has worked as an interaction designer at a secret robotics technology centre, book cover, layout design and photography for Penguin books, product photographer for local food and beverage companies, graphic designer for numerous film companies, and is a co owner and product designer at Mitchener Architecture and Design.

RACHEL SUMNER

Rachel has worked in sales and marketing, is a published author, script editor, book reviewer for Australian Woman’s Weekly for the last five years and most recently worked as a PR account manager for The Generalist PR. She co owns property copywriting agency frase.nz with her sister, Bonnie.
 

SaDIe Sumner

Sadie Sumner is a New Zealand based writer of fiction for women. Her first novel, How to Make a Baby, about a woman who turns 45 and decides she wants a baby after all, is to be published by Mother Media. Her next book Red Silk and the Sea, set in 1836, will also be published by Mother Media. The novel follows the exploits of Birdie, as she falls in love with crime.

thomas burstyn

Award-winning filmmaker, cinematographer and photographer, Thomas divides his time between New Zealand and Canada and has made dozens of films,  documentaries and TV shows. Highly skilled and with an exacting eye, Thomas can create anything on film, from corporate to creative.

TALK TO US

If you have a project you'd like to get off the ground, drop us a line at bonnie@mothermedia.nz or call us on +64 (0)2264 82610