Wild Aotearoa
Category: Wild Aotearoa
This year’s pop-up is Wild Aotearoa. For the first time in Tūhura Photography Competition history, we’re opening this category to amateur photographers nationwide. Send us your most captivating wildlife images, from Aotearoa’s beautiful birds to insects, marine life, lizards, and more. We want to see it all!
The category is open to all New Zealand residents, and entries must feature Aotearoa’s wildlife.
- Open to all ages
- Open to all New Zealand residents
- Entrants can submit up to 10 photographs per category.
Read the full terms and conditions of entry here and entry specifications here.
Submit your entry before 12pm, Sunday 1 February 2026.
Category Winner
$1000 cash prize generously donated by the Royal Albatross Centre
Category Highly Commended (x2)
$100 cash prize generously donated by the Royal Albatross Centre
Photo specifications:
- Minimum file size 1 MB
- Maximum file size 10 MB
- Photos must be submitted as JPEG files.
- Images may be printed to these dimensions: 200 mm x 250 mm (8 in x 10 in), A2 (420 mm x 594 mm), A1 (594 mm x 841 mm), or A0 (841 mm x 1189 mm), and displayed digitally (1920 x 1080 pixels).
- Images may be cropped to the above specification as required.
- Borders, watermarks or signatures should not be included.