We’d like to give a huge thank you to all of those who entered our first Wildlife Photography Competition!
We had a lot of amazing entries – well done to everyone who is out there capturing images of our local wildlife. Look out for seeing some of these images in our upcoming Wildlife of the Whakatipu 2023 Calendar.
The entries have been examined by our wonderful judges and we can now announce the winners:
Adult Category
First prize - Marty Barwood - Australasian Crested Grebes
Second Prize - James Allen - Kereru eating cherry blossoms
Third prize - Daiko Kato - Little Shag
Special Prize - Sense of Place - Jasper Lek - Kea in Flight
Special Prize for Humour - Kerrin Burnnand - Headless Kereru
13 – 18 Year Old Category
First Prize - Indy Coe - South Island Robin
Second Prize - Ruby Ross - Tui
Third Prize - Connor Paten - Kea
12 Years and Under Category
First Prize - Harrison Coe - South Island Robin
Second Prize - Tommy Argall - Bellbird and Tui
A huge thank you to the local business who provided prizes for the competition:
Novatel Mecure Hotel Real NZ Tourism Properties Million Dollar Cruises NZ Ski Ferg Burger Skyline Kiwi and Bird Park Fear Factory Kawarau Jet AJ Hackett Bungy
Ziptrek I-Fly 11th Avenue by Franks Ferg Burger Mitre 10 Simon Meyer Photography Bunnings Rodd and Gunn Swandri Canyon brewery Department of Conservation Public Bar and Kitchen