Walking New Zealand Monthly Photo Contest

Above left: In the Gillespies Pass circuit, near Makarora at the end of Lake Wanaka. This was for me a three day hike (flew into Siberia Hut), with three friends and a side trip up to lake Crucible in April this year. This image is taken heading up the Siberia Valley towards Mt Dreadful, before taking the challenging ascent up to Gillespies Pass. Photo by Karenz Clark, Fairlie. Above right: we were staying in the Abel Tasman National Park. The scenery is amazing! Photo by Ranae Turley, Masterton.

Below left: The Northern Southland Walk Group celebrated 20 years of walking together in September by retracing their steps around Lumsden. A potluck lunch followed with a beautiful celebration cake made by Jo Muir.. Photo by Heather Winter, Lumsden.

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Below right: Cousins Sam, Annelise and Ruby have an alternative usage for their walking poles during respite on a family bush and beach adventure at Piha. Photo by ‘Grandma’ Christine PardyComber, Takapuna, Auckland.

PHOTO CONTEST

Above: Tuesday Trekkers from Christchurch pause for reflection while out walking on the Port Hills, Christchurch. Photo by President Barry Moore Christchurch..

Below right: Members of the CYC Church having a lunch break at Emerald Lake, on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Photo by Alex Wong, Riverhead.

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

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