Enter our Peace Photo Competition in celebration of World Water Day 2024.
Entries close Saturday 16th March. All ages welcome!
Water for Peace
The theme of the United Nations World Water Day 2024 is ‘Water for Peace’. This is because where water is scarce or polluted tensions rise and spark conflict. Did you know that 2.2 billion people still live without safely managed drinking water, including 115 million people who drink surface water? (WHO/UNICEF, 2023).
In West Auckland we have clean drinking water and most of the time our water supply is plentiful. But due to old wastewater and stormwater drainage systems, the Whau River is unclean. Still, it is beautiful and can bring a sense of Peace at times.
Can you capture Peace with your camera or phone? Does your photo give a sense of place, of the Whau and its streams?
Go on! Get your creative on and start searching for that perfect picture!
How to enter
- Using a camera or the camera on your phone, try to capture Peace in the Whau River Catchment Area.
- Check your photo is less than 20MB
- Name your file Yourfirstname Yourlastname.
- Email your photo to tewhaupathway.auckland@gmail.com by 11.59pm, Saturday 16th March 2024 with the location of your photo in the subject line.
- If you are under 18 years of age, please include your name as the judges will take this into consideration.
Prizes
- First place $300
- Second place $100
- Third place $50
Pro tips
Possible locations
Don’t forget that a rich and diverse network of streams flow to the Whau River. This map shows the waterways in the Whau River Catchment Area. If we’ve missed one, let us know! And of course there’s always the Whau River itself.
You may find that exploring the network of streams flowing to the Whau River can be an interesting experience. We hope that as you wander you stumble upon hidden gems that will inspire tranquility and harmony. Think water babbling or lush greenery – there’s no shortage of opportunities to capture the essence of Peace near or on the Whau!
Previous Whau Photo Competitions
This is our third year running a Whau Photo Competition. For inspiration, see photos from previous years. We think our online collection of previous Whau photos is whaubulous but you can judge them for yourself –
The fine print
Te Whau Pathway Environmental Trust (TWPET) welcomes entries to Te Whau Pathway’s Flow to the Whau: STREAMS Competition for World Water Day 2023 (“Competition”). By entering this Competition, entrants are deemed to have read, understood and accepted the following terms and conditions:
A. Entry conditions
- The Competition is open to any member of the public, residing in New Zealand.
- Entrants under 18 years of age must check that they have the permission of their parent/guardian to enter.
- A person may enter only three photos. More than three photos may result in an entrant being disqualified. No group entries will be accepted.
- Photos must be taken in the Whau Catchment Area.
- Photos must capture or represent the theme of “Water for Peace”.
- Photos must be less than 20MB each.
- Photo file names must contain the photographer’s full name.
- Photo must include location details.
- Photos must be the entrant’s own work.
- Entrants must get specific consent of any identifiable faces/persons in their photo to include them.
- Entries must be submitted via email to tewhaupathway.auckland@gmail.com before 11:59pm Saturday 16th March. Entries received outside this time will not be accepted.
- If the TWPET cannot open or upload the entries submitted because of technical errors caused by file quality or if the file is damaged, the TWPET reserves the right not to include the entries in the competition. However the TWPET will work with you to ensure all entries are given the opportunity to be submitted.
B. Judging, Announcement of Winners and Prizes
- Winning entries will be selected by a panel appointed by TWPET.
- The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The Competition Winners will be announced on the Te Whau Pathway website, the Te Whau Pathway Facebook page and the Te Whau Pathway Instagram account on Friday 22nd March 2023.
- The Competition Winners will be contacted by email within five working days of the announcement. If entrants were under 18 at the time of entry, the TWPET will ask to contact a parent/guardian.
- If a Competition Winner cannot be reached after three attempts, a runner-up will be awarded as the winner.
- A Competition Winner may only win one prize.
- The Prizes will be as follows:
– First place $300
– Second place $100
– Third place $50 - If the Prize or part of the Prize becomes unavailable (for any reason), TWPET reserves the right to cancel or amend the Prize at its own and sole discretion.
C. Copyright
- The copyright for each photo remains with its photographer.
- The winning entrants will have their winning photos used on Te Whau Pathway Project and Auckland Council promotional materials, including, but not limited to, posters, bookmarks, promotional materials, articles, forms and fliers and websites. Credit will be given to the photographer (where the design makes it possible).
- A selection of entrant photos will be printed and displayed in local libraries in the Whau Catchment Area in 2024.
- All photos and entrants’ names will be displayed on the website and used in social media channels for the purpose of showing competition entries to the public. They may also appear in print format on posters in local libraries.
D. Privacy
- All entrants consent to TWPET using their full names and home suburb and their submitted photograph for promotional purposes, external and internal marketing, promotion, communication and general publicity purposes in connection with the Competition, including displaying their names and design entries on the Te Whau Pathway Project website and Te Whau Pathway Project Facebook and Instagram page.
- The Competition Winners also consent to participate and cooperate as required in promotional activities relating to the Competition. Typically this involves a photo with the Chair of the Trust congratulating the winner and a short video interview (less than 30 minutes).
- All information provided by the entrants will be collected, used, stored, disclosed and corrected in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993. All entrants have the right to access their information and request for any personal information to be corrected.
E. Exclusions
- TWPET reserves the right to exclude any entrant from participating in the Competition at its sole discretion. TWPET also reserves the right to refuse to award the Prize to an entrant who is in breach of these Terms and Conditions, gained an unfair advantage in participating in the Competition or won the Prize by using fraudulent means.
- TWPET will not be liable for any claims for loss, damage or injury whatsoever or for any physical or mental injury suffered by any entrant or the Competition Winner as a result of or in connection with the Competition or due to the Prize won in the Competition.
- TWPET reserves the right to amend or change these Terms and Conditions at any time at their sole discretion, including extending, postponing or canceling the Competition.
- These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand and shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of New Zealand courts.