Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest

We are looking for the best digital photos each month depicting walking

Now the time to get your digital camera out or look through your digital images and enter the Walking New

Zealand Digital Photo

Contest

PHOTO CONTEST

Above: Walking the Tongariro Northern Circuit over Easter. Beautiful weather and amazing scenery. Photo by Saskia Bloot, Whamganui. Below: Heather Crosford on.Day 2 of the spectacular Routeburn hike, with amazing rock formations heading towards Routeburn falls. Photo by David Croxford, Ngaio, Wellington.

The image could be a scenic scene, a walk on the beach with the dog, a bush walk, a street walk or anything walking that takes your fancy. The rules are simply: there must be a person or persons walking in the picture either front, side or back on, and can be in the distance. We require an emailed image in high resolution mode, in jpeg format as an attachment, and NOT embedded in Word or in the email, and NOT a

link to a website to be downloaded.

The subject line must have the words “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” and the email must include the NAME, POSTAL ADDRESS and phone number of the person who took the photo and a small caption. In this contest ONLY ONE emailed photo accepted per month. Entry in the contest automatically allows us to print the image. The person who has their photo published will receive a six month subscription or a renewal to Walking New Zealand magazine of six months. If a picture is chosen for the cover page the person will receive a 12 month subscription or renewal.

Email your entries to: walkingnz@xtra.co.nz with

subject line “Walking New Zealand Photo Contest” Only EMAILED entries will be accepted.

Above cover image: My wife, Claire, after the short walk to McLean Falls in the Catlins, celebrating a significant birthday.

Photo by Neil Woodhall, Havelock North.

above: Arohaki Lagoon Whirinaki Forest, bone dry in March when Sunday Explorers from Manurewa walked the Lagoon track. High water mark can be seen on the surrounding kahikatea trees. Photo by Meryl Finlayson, Waiuku.

PHOTO CONTEST

Below right: Stunning Lake Marion, Fiordland Photo by Sharon Harris, Bethlehem, Tauranga, Below left: Descending Mt Avalanche Arthur’s Pass Photo by Shirley Jones, Point Chevalier, Auckland.