3rd December 2024

Photo Competition Winners 2024

We’d like to give a huge thank you to all of those who entered this year’s Wildlife Photography Competition!

We had 45 stunning images entered – we are so impressed by the quality of the entries, with some many wonderful species photographed. A selection of the images are in our 2025 Wildlife of the Whakatipu Calendar, on sale from November 2024.

The entries have been considered by our wonderful judges from the Queenstown Photography Club and the winners are:

Over 18 Category – sponsored by True South Flights

First Place – NZ Scaup by Martin Barwood
Second Place, Sponsored by AJ Hackett Bungy Queenstown – Smiling Ruru by Arun O’Conner

Under 18 Category – sponsored by KJet Queenstown

Under 18 Winner – Kea Above the Clouds by Kobe Evans-Kent

Highly Commended – Sponsored by Mercure Resort Queenstown

Secretive Marsh Crake by Ulises Cabrera

Highly Commended Non-Native – Sponsored by Golden Fleece

California Quail by Rebecca Bowater

Commended Rarest Native – Sponsored by Skyline Queenstown

Takahē by Andrew Digby

Commended Native

Kākā by Arun O’Conner

Notable Natives – Sponsored by AJ Hackett and Golden Fleece

Paradise Shelduck and Duckling by Daiki Kato
Grebe by Lynda Robinson
NZ Falcon by Kerrin Burnnand
Bemused Kea by Carrie Edgerton
Aspiring Kea by Carrie Edgerton
Banded Dotterel by Yvonne Assie
Kea Kiss by Susan Cleaver

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