2981 days ago

Kowhai Photography Competition - still time to enter!

A helper from Te Kowhai Community Group

This year’s annual kowhai photo competition is now open and unlike previous years, there’s no need to print out your entries as the competition is now fully digital.

The kowhai trees are in flower, but your photo doesn’t have to be of flowers. It could be kowhai branches, seed pods, insects, unusual bark, or things connected or associated with this great tree.

Start looking for interesting kowhai-context scenes now and keep that camera handy. For inspiration, check out the kowhai trees around the Te Kowhai village and along the Te Otamanui Walkway.

There’s a prize of $50 for the winner of each category. Only one entry per person please.

There are 4 categories:
1. Age 12 and under
2. Age 13 to 17 years
3. Age 18 years and above
4. People’s Choice.

Categories 1 – 3 winners will be selected by judges and category 4 will be voted for by the public on www.neighbourly.co.nz......

Here’s how it’s going to work:

Now – 5pm Friday 27th October
Email your photo to tekowhaicg@gmail.com including your name, contact phone number, age category and a short description of where and when the photo was taken.

5pm Friday 27th October
Competition closes

28 October – 3 November
Community Group select winners of categories 1 -3 and finalists for category 4 (people's choice).

4 – 11 November
Finalists for People's Choice category published on competition poll on www.neighbourly.co.nz...... where local public are invited to vote for their favourite to win.

20 November
Results published in November newsletter, on Neighbourly and community Facebook pages.

Conditions (Entry into this competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions):
• One entry per person.
• Photos are to be e-mailed to tekowhaicg@gmail.com with Kowhai Photo Competition in the subject line and with the Category, Name, Address, phone number and e-mail address within the e-mail
• Entries closes on the 27 October 2017 at 5pm.
• We reserve the right to publish winners’ names.
• The Judge’s decision will be final.
• The winners will be contacted and their name announced in the Te Kowhai Newsletter.
• The Community Group reserve the right to use any entry for the Kowhai project.
• No responsibility is taken for lost or undelivered photographs.
• Members of the Te Kowhai Community Group Committee are ineligible to enter.

Photo credit: Jamie Ellis.

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Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.

Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.

Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?

Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!

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Walking path & not one facility I could find to give a dog a drink of water.

Shezz from Ngaruawahia

Council. I would like to suggest that a dog drinking post or two be erected, with a metal bowl below and a self stopping tap to top it up, to give fresh water to thirsty dogs who accompany their owners on this pathway. Perhaps a water fountain at the top for the owner as well. Thank you.