TDC 2025 Photography Competition

8 October 2024

This year the competition is named “Weathering wonderfully” – This is all about the sights of our district as a result of what the weather is doing or what it has just done. It is also about how long exposure to the weather leaves its mark on our landscape, buildings and oddities throughout our district.  This theme can be interpreted in a variety of ways:

It could be a shot of crazy patterns on a frozen lake, or perhaps something that the weather has had an effect on, such as a gnarly windswept tree bent horizontally by decades of prevailing winds, or perhaps something material that has been left in the wild but is still with us and looking graceful as mother nature throws her best (and worst) at it in order to, one day, return it to the earth. It could be that 1930's car in a paddock with a tree growing out of its bonnet.

We're now in spring and over the course of the competition entry period we will see the rest of spring and all of the summer, autumn and winter months.  You can submit up to 4 great photos, one for each season would be awesome but any shots of the district in, or after any weather, and in any season will all be great entries!

Entry leagues are Adult, Primary/Intermediate and Secondary.  Sub-categories are:

  • Best artistic effect
  • Best mobile phone image
  • Best black and white image
  • May 2024 Southern Lights*

There are cash prizes for each league and every entrant will have at least one of their images placed in a photo book on completion of the competition.  The overall winners image will be on the cover.

The competition is open to all residents of the Tararua District. The closing date is 30 September 2025. Please pick up an entry form from any Council Service Centre, Library or isite or download it here:  TDC 2025 Photography Competion Entry Form

*We are including a new category for this competition this year.  If you have great photos of the southern lights that you took in the district in May 2024 we would love you to enter them as well.

There are cash prizes for:

Best, 2nd and 3rd adult
Best, 2nd and 3rd Primary/Intermediate 
Best, 2nd and 3rd Secondary

Each best winner will also get a copy of the photo book.

Terms and conditions are on the entry form.