GET INVOLVED Competitions National

Taupo Branch Trophy - Game Animals

1st Place Greg Hill North Canterbury  'A Surprised young ginger fallow buck'
2nd Place Greg Hill North Canterbury  'This little piggy went to the Blue Mountains'
3rd Place Greg Hill North Canterbury  'Red Stag roaring into the setting sun'
Highly Commended Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Hungry Spiker'
Highly Commended Reuben Hayward Bay of Plenty  'I See You'
Highly Commended Gwyn Thurlow Wellington  'Chamois Doe'

North Otago Branch Trophy - Other Wildlife - Birds

1st Place Stefan Wiese Whangarei  'Tern Courtship'
2nd Place Ivan Pavich Waikato  'Bird On A Branch'
3rd Place Alan Kerrisk Taranaki  'Kotuku Taking flight'
Highly Commended Ivan Pavich Waikato  'Face to Face'
Highly Commended Andrea Cruickshank Southern Lakes  'Swan in Glenorchy'
Highly Commended Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Tomtit'

Jock McQuilkan Cup - Other Wildlife - Mammals

1st Place Sam Gold Southern Lakes  'Fur Seal'
2nd Place Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Don't Come Any Closer'
3rd Place Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Not An Easy Target'
Highly Commended John Sanders South Canterbury  'Friendly Rabbit'
Highly Commended Ivan Pavich Waikato  'Roger Rabbit'
Highly Commended Gwyn Thurlow Wellington  'Hare in the Forest'

WH Robinson Trophy - Other Wildlife - Insects, Reptiles & Amphibians

1st Place Mike Morse Auckland  'Chilling Frog'
2nd Place Brooke Panckhurst Auckland  'Millipede Slater'
3rd Place Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Gecko 2'
Highly Commended Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Gecko'
Highly Commended Brad Ramsay Taupo  'Rifle Bag'
Highly Commended Alan Kerrisk Taranaki  'Alpine Grasshopper'

Veronese Trophy - Scenic

1st Place Luke Direen Otago  'Sunset on an old cullers hut'
2nd Place Nelson List Southland  'Grebe Valley Floor'
3rd Place Ivan Pavich Waikato  'South Island Sunrise'
Highly Commended David Godsall North Otago  'Side Track at Sunset in Tahr Country'
Highly Commended Maddison Butters South Canterbury  'Southern Lights from camp in the Hunter Hills'
Highly Commended Luke Direen Otago  'Sunset on an old cullers hut 2'

Harris Trophy - Flora

1st Place Paul Peychers Nelson  'Fly agaric in Fiordland '
2nd Place Susanne Lang Wellington  'Seeking Shelter '
3rd Place Brian Mccormack North Otago  'Blue Mountains Fungi'
Highly Commended Cory Jones Nelson  'Doughboy Bay Fungi'
Highly Commended Shane Hall West Coast  'Penwiper Delight'
Highly Commended Alan Kerrisk Taranaki  'Purple Agaric Fungi'

Gore & Districts Branch Trophy - Human Interest

1st Place Ivan Pavich Waikato  'Duckshoot'
2nd Place Stuart Langslow North Taranaki  'The Way Home'
3rd Place Jared Parker South Auckland  'Teach Them Young'
Highly Commended Vince Payne Ruahine  'Adams Rangers Bruce and Jules'
Highly Commended Nelson List Southland  'Hunter with the Prize'
Highly Commended Andrea Cruickshank Southern Lakes  'Local Characters'

Carter Cup - Best Photograph of all sections

Winner Luke Direen Otago  'Sunset on an old cullers hut'
2nd Place Mike Morse Auckland  'Chilling Frog'
3rd Place Sam Gold Southern Lakes  'Fur Seal'

Thames Valley Branch Trophy - Junior Colour or B&W Print

1st Place Brooke Panckhurst Auckland  'Millipede Slater'
2nd Place Brooke Panckhurst Auckland  'Forest Frog'
3rd Place Evan Adams South Canterbury  'Velvety Stag caught out in the open'
Highly Commended Brooke Panckhurst Auckland  'Leopard Slug'
Highly Commended Brooke Panckhurst Auckland  'Twin Blue'
Highly Commended Brooke Panckhurst Auckland  'Orange Fungus'

Wellington Branch Trophy - Photographic Essay - Big Game Hunting

1st Place Ivan Pavich Waikato  'High Country Hunting'
2nd Place Tom McCowan Wellington   'Ruahine Roar 2023'
3rd Place Not Awarded

Ian D Wright Award - Supreme Branch Photographic Award

Place
1st Place   Auckland

Athol Hood Memorial Trophy - New Zealand Hunting & Wildlife cover

Awarded by the judges and judged to be most worthy to be on the cover of NZ Hunting & Wildlife.

Not Awarded.