National Photography Competition
Entry Form
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Professional and amateur photographers have been given a time extension till the end of June to submit entries in the Summits for Ed photographic competition.
The tribute tour to Sir Edmund Hillary, organised by the Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre of New Zealand was stopped in mid-April after the Mangatepopo River tragedy at Tongariro. It was restarted again at Warkworth on May 27 and included climbs in Whangarei, Kaikohe and Cape Reinga.
Organisers for the Summits for Ed tribute tour have put up a prize pool of $5,000 for the best photographs from any climb event around the country.
The Summits for Ed programme started at Bluff on Tuesday (March 25th) and included more than 30 summits and hills, in towns and cities throughout New Zealand. It was scheduled to conclude at Cape Reinga on April 19, however after the Tragedy, it started again on May 27 and finish on May 29 at 11.30am at Cape Reinga, 55 years ago to the minute when Hillary and Tenzing made the summit of Mount Everest.
"The photographic competition is expected to be intense with media photographers competing alongside professional non-media and amateurs", competition organiser Iain Morrison said.
It will be judged by top photographers John Sefton of the NZ Herald and Mark Round of the Dominion Post, and Ross Setford of NZPA.
The categories are:
- The overall winner ($3,000)
- Runner-up ($1,000)
- Third place ($500)
- Best junior ($500) open to school pupils 18 years and under.
The best images will be published on this website www.summitsfored.org.nz and used for other fundraising activities for the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation.
Money raised by the foundation will create Sir Edmund Hillary scholarships for youth to attend a Sir Edmund Hillary Outdoor Pursuits Centre course either at Tongariro or Great Barrier.
