[ENZ]

I thought it would be fun to give away some ENZ t-shirts as competition prizes.

The first competition is for photos of everyday life in New Zealand, so please post your best photos below.

Prizes: The top 3 photos will each win an ENZ t-shirt. These are good quality shirts made from heavy cotton. They have not yet been printed, but will look something like this:


http://www.emigratenz.org/white-2.jpg

or perhaps:

http://www.emigratenz.org/Blue-1.jpg


Competition Rules:

* Each member may enter two photos for the competition. You should have taken the photos yourself.
* You should identify the location(s) shown in the photos.
* Photos should be no more than 600px wide. (To stop interference with the width of the forum on computer screens.)
* All entries should be posted by the end of 31 May 2007 (New Zealand time).
* Once entries have closed I, (or an anonymous member who I request by PM,) will nominate 10 photos for final voting using the forum’s polling option.
* Voting will stay open for one week – it will be anonymous and multiple choice.
* If your entry wins a prize, you may not enter it into any further competitions on ENZ. If your entry does not win, you are free to enter it for future ENZ competitions.
* Any member submitting a photo in the competition retains full copyright for the photo entered. By entering any photo in the competition, you grant a permanent licence for it to be displayed it on the emigratenz.org website.


Good Luck and may the best pics win.

Douglas :)

[wiki]

Great idea Douglas ... I wonder if I've got anything useful in my hols snaps from two years ago :)

[marcia]

So do we just post the photos on this thread then?

[Jo Jo]

Yes, I think so.

[jubjub]

Taken me ages to pick just two...

View of sunset stood at our front door.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/asjohnstone/enzcomp.jpg


2nd one is Killer Whales in Half Moon Bay (the only day we have ever caught the ferry!)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/asjohnstone/enzcomp2.jpg

[willsken]

My 2 favourite photos are an evening at the beach (Porangahau beach, Hawke's Bay) and my journey into Hastings (Hawke's Bay). Sums up why we love it here. :clap

[Caroline and Dave]

The first one is Muirawai Beach West Auckland taken last Sunday and the 2nd one is Gannet Rock, next to Muirawai Beach although all the Gannets have flown to Aus for the winter.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q109/davros1nz/2007_0513odds0053.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q109/davros1nz/2007_0513odds0060.jpg

Sorry I am having great difficulty restricting the width

[SarahEDH]

because I'm doing a road trip through Tongariro / Rotorua / the Coromandel next week -- who knows what might be seen along the way :yes

This tree fern is about halfway along the main highway between Upper Hutt and Waikanae -- can't think of the highway number right now. Will edit this post later when I have it. I need a bumper sticker that says "I brake for tree ferns" because collecting pictures of them has become an obsession.

[Millsy-K]

We've been taking so many beautiful photos that it was hard to pick only two, but there they are:

[Lupin]

This looks like fun...I could find many awesome photos from NZ but it may take me awhile to find a couple that are of everyday life here. Will be back!

[Sam B]

Great photos everyone. Not sure mine are everyday life (well one is) but they are called "volcanos and grasslands" and "tree climbing"
http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t118/brydons_2007/treeSearch.jpg

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t118/brydons_2007/popVolcLong.jpg

[The Hodges]

These are a couple of photos from our Honeymoon in New Zealand
1)Swimming with Dolphins in Kaikora
2) Milford Sound.

calre

[Ana&Steve]

Yes, it is difficult to choose! I decided to interpret "everyday life" as humans in action in NZ.
The first is a young Maori man carving a Kauri tree in Rotorua.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g263/carlson523/DSCN4757.jpg
The second is a family taking in the sites at the harbor in Wellington.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g263/carlson523/P4140035-1.jpg

Ana

[swissmissdesigner]

#1 on the road Coromandel, March/2007
#2 Mahia Beach, Oct/2006

[Singel]

In our neighbourhood, it is not just children having fun, adult too ............... :D


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/Singel8/ENZcompetition1.png


http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b47/Singel8/ENZcompetition2.png

[thepiesleys]

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6344/hurakigulfrangitiotoandbu2.jpg

I call this the Huraki Gulf, Rangitoto and a massive ship.

Coming back from the CBD on the ferry I spied this enourmous ship in the Gulf and had to take a pic. Bobbing about were little fishing boats, the ferry and this behemoth. The perspective does not do it justice though.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6481/hanmerplainstv3.jpg

I call this the view from the top of Jacks pass over the Hanmer Plains.

On our trip to the South Island I had the chance to have a little run up a mountain and was rewarded with this view at the top. Truly amazing and again my little digi cam does not do it justice.

[Kim39]

Think this is the probably the best one i have taken for a while. The child in the pic is my mates son just paddling whilst we watched the sun go down over Lake Karapiro near Cambridge...............

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/Brierley1964/firstdiskofnz141.jpg


this is one of my sunsets, just love em'

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/Brierley1964/various127.jpg

Kim

[katandbob]

Kim I LOVE the one of the kid in the lake - a real good perspective :nice1

[gil]

Haven't posted in a while, but wasa brwosing this morning just before the removal guys arrive (today is Moving Day!) and thought, hmmm, if you want everyday life, I've got a picture of the walk home from school that our kids do every day. It's not a picture on a par with some of the beautiful ones already posted, but it's what the kids see every day:

[Caniwi]

After the storm in Milford Sound

Truly Kiwi......now that's bringing a beer cooler (or chillybin, I guess :p ) to a party

[ENZ]

Yes - fantastic pictures but I fear I haven't made myself understood.

The "everyday pics" competition is - as gil hinted at above - just that - pics of everyday life, whether it's people at work, the kids route to school, the school playground, the inside of a shopping mall, people in their cars, etc, etc, etc, etc. If you haven't posted something like this, don't worry, there'll also be a "scenic New Zealand" competition later, but for now I'm hoping for the more common or garden aspects of life - oh that's another one gardening!

Once again, apologies for not making myself clear :o but there's still plenty of time to add more pics. So come on everyone who hasn't posted yet - let's see some pictures that sum up everyday aspects of your life in New Zealand.

Douglas :)

[Trigirl]

shopping at the old bank arcade, wellington
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/358032894_ef58883c37.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandysimpson/358032894/)

having lunch outside the astoria, wellington
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/358027724_eb4518ea3f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandysimpson/358027724/)

[StevieD]

Kim. that's rubbish that pic, there aren't any people pointing on it! :laugh

[jess]

A dairy in Waikanae (Kapiti Coast):

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/islandinthepacific/d7881b27.jpg

Plants for sale in front of the Waikanae Library:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/islandinthepacific/da6ed26b.jpg

[jen]

Sitting out on the beach at Island Bay, and families in the rose garden at the Wellington botanic garden

[owens clan]

Our daughter on Papamoa beach (Bay of plenty) at dusk

[jubjub]

That is such a cute pic owens clan

[wanderingoregonian]

The first photo is of a child at Oriental Bay with the ferry in the background.

The other photo is at Civic Square (also welly) during a lunch concert I caught when our building as evacuated for a fire drill. If you look closely, you can see the stock exchange numbers in the distance. The wellington wind is more obvious:laugh

[Howie]

Sheep dog at work near Waitomo.
The Blues at Eden Park.

[Marie P]

Tried to find everyday photos .........this was tough as we see some fantastic scenery everyday.

This is Joe playing in a soccer match .I think its Mount Wellington behind them.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/wilson1964/joe26.jpg

Louise just walking home from School with no shoes on of course.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c379/wilson1964/IMG_0729.jpg


Marie x

[Belmont Babes]

They are all lovely photos, thankyou.

Marie you have made my day, and my Son's also called Joe. He loves his Football and was really worried that kids don't play as much in NZ. I showed him the pic as proof and he had a big smile on his face. Thankyou :raebanana

[willsken]

OK, 2 more from me that are every, every day life (the two before being more weekly occurrences!:p )

The two new ones are the view of the playing fields at school and our lovely driveway to our house (and to think our front door in the UK opened onto the pavement)

[Riddley]

Hi
some from our recce last year: hard to choose really.

709
Rotorua

710
No intro needed!

[swank]

Students in Lyttelton

[willowshouse]

'Sliding on Top Schools Sports Day' and 'Girls in Trees'

[Sam B]

Oh it's not fair, ours aren't everyday enough. Can we try again? Not that we have got any everyday photos, J has to be so b***** artistic all the time and I'm never allowed near his enormous triple lensed camera!

[zardell]

We took these pictures on a visit to our local market at Ohope. It's held on the 4th Saturday of every month and these pictures were taken at the Easter Market held in April.





Two Easter Bunnies, knitting and selling scarves for the coming winter.

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t168/zardell/Our%20house/th_DSCF0009.jpg


I'll be back with the second piccy !!

Julie

xx

[zardell]

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t168/zardell/Our%20house/th_DSCF0012.jpg


Now, this chappie is known as The Tadpole Man - on the back of his 'ute he had a fishtank full of tadpoles and he was selling them to the kids for 50c each......he made a killing... :laugh

HELP........I don't know how to make the pics bigger for you !!!!!!!

Julie

xx

[Riddley]

715
Akaroa harbour
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Akaroa harbour at dusk - look at the scale of the tall ship versus the landscape!!!

[JoanneG]

This is such a great idea - it really gives us a flavour of life in NZ. :nice1

Everyone's pictures all look so clear - I've noticed this on Google Earth too. There seems to be a different light quality - is this a lack of pollution or my rose-tinted specs!

Looking forward to seeing more pics of everyones daily lives.

[Carey]

Loved seeing what people have chosen; here are a few from our reccy trip.
The first is a lad and his BMX at Raglan, next is walking through Napiet town centre and last is driving through Dannevirke.

[Silverwing86]

The first picture was made on a Sunday visit to the Puhoi pub, Puhoi.

(Kiwi humor :clap ! Couldn't resist the photo opportunity and thankfully those in the so-called 'BS' corner at the time had no objections to being photographed there :nice1).

http://www.nz.n2w.nl/Photos/PuhoiPub.jpg

This second one depicts a friendly family cricket game on a Sunday afternoon in Shakespear Park, Whangaparaoa Peninsula. Crowned by one of those amazing rainbows that we're lucky enough to see so frequently here in NZ ...

http://www.nz.n2w.nl/Photos/ShakespearPark.jpg

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Ah Dannevirke, I recall a singing and talking toilet there. I think you might even be able to see it on your pic (up the road, on the right???).

Brilliant. More singing & talking toilets please.

Maybe there's a market for dancing toilets ? Could get messy I suppose.

[StevieD]

Hey Howie, just noticed your pic from Eden Park, so that was where Captain Pugwash retired to :laugh

[Kim39]

Ok i'll throw this one into the mix.............

Locals jumping from the estuary bridge in Raglan

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/Brierley1964/Raglan24-9-06009.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/Brierley1964/Raglan24-9-06010.jpg



Kim

[xanctus]

Nothing Major
An old couple enjoying Scenery from the peak of Mount Eden, Autumn 2007
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/6875/everydaylife1ka0.jpg

This one is quite fit on the category of the competition
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5471/tennisax9.jpg

Last one,
Movenpick Ice Cream...anyone lurking over it?
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/1640/movenpickwu3.jpg

[katandbob]

here are my 2 entries:


First one -since its of EVERYDAY NZ, I chose the one I snapped on my mobile, as we were walking in the centre of Auckland,

I am assuming that the guy was a member of a Huka group... But to a newly arrived migrant It was a strange sight to see a guy in a skirt and bare feet!


The Second one is of RURAL everyday life and is of my part-time job (would prefer to make it 'the' Job!) of helping the neighbour muster his stock. it was a windy blustery day - but it was ACE:nice1


Kat:)

[debnjohn]

First photo is taken at New Brighton beach, just south of the pier. The kite festival in January is one of the events Christchurch runs as part of the (free) Summer Fun programme

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2nd photo is taken at Akaroa. We happened to be staying there in February when a convoy of dragsters turned up for some sort of show (once again free). The two women in the picture were really excited over this model of car, who knows what sort of memories it provoked!

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[Bruckner]

The Second one is of RURAL everyday life and is of my part-time job (would prefer to make it 'the' Job!) of helping the neighbour muster his stock. it was a windy blustery day - but it was ACE:nice1

Kat:)

Is he hiring?

Emily

[ENZ]

Many thanks to everyone who posted such a fantastic selection of pics. The competition is now closed to further entries.

What happens now?
I've asked two forum members to select their favourite five pictures to give us the final ten to vote on. (The forum software restricts us to a max. of ten options in a poll.) If there are any overlaps in choices, yours truly will pick any extra photos we need to make up the ten.

The first member has made his/her five selections. I think it will be a good few hours before the other five come in though so until then, we'll just have to wait. :)

[Lupin]

Oh blurgh, I spent to long being indecisive and the closing date passed :(

Lovely lot of photos....look forward to seeing if my favourites make it in to the poll.....

[rosco]

Wow - even your everyday photo's look so exotic to me.

I can't WAIT to get to NZ. Thanks everyone.

Ross

[ENZ]

Both judges have now made their choices.

Congratulations if your photo made it to the last ten. If not, please don't be too disappointed - each judge independently chose five entirely different pictures - so it's possible that, with different judges, different pictures would have made it to the final round. (We'll have another competition soon so everyone can have another go.)

You can view the 10 finalists here (http://www.emigratenz.org/everyday-life-in-new-zealand-pics.html)

The photos are shown in the order that they were posted to this thread.

I'd like to thank the judges (you know who you are) for taking the time and making their hard choices from so many excellent pictures.

If any of the finalists would like to provide me with a bigger photo (up to 800px wide) just drop me a PM.

I'll open a poll for voting later. :)

[StevieD]

Cool pix, recognise a few of those....

[Silverwing86]

So many wonderful portrayals of daily life in NZ, it can't have been an easy task to choose the finalists, hats off to those who did !

I wanted to vote for Kim39's photo of the boy in Lake Karapiro at sunset but unfortunately it didn't make the final ten :no. Thought it would be a winner for sure, it's sooo expressive ! Goes to show how tastes can differ, which surely makes life more interesting, right ;) ?

In any case, my compliments for this beautiful photo Kim, definitely a winner in my book :nice1 !

Silver

[Kim39]

So many wonderful portrayals of daily life in NZ, it can't have been an easy task to choose the finalists, hats off to those who did !

I wanted to vote for Kim39's photo of the boy in Lake Karapiro at sunset but unfortunately it didn't make the final ten :no. Thought it would be a winner for sure, it's sooo expressive ! Goes to show how tastes can differ, which surely makes life more interesting, right ;) ?

In any case, my compliments for this beautiful photo Kim, definitely a winner in my book :nice1 !

Silver


Silver, i thank you for your thoughts and words, but hey ho it didn't get there.


Kim

[zardell]

In any case, my compliments for this beautiful photo Kim, definitely a winner in my book :nice1 !
Silver



Hear - Hear...........Well said.

Julie

xx

[edwinar]

When I see images like this one, i just want to be there now.

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=681&d=1179898655

But does anyone actually live in these beautiful places or are they too remote?

[The Hodges]

Thanks for the compliment. It was taken on Milford Sound, but we had loads, and we had to compromise on the ones that we uploaded. If I had my way, we'd have uploaded a different one. :nice1

But does anyone actually live in these beautiful places or are they too remote?

And no, not really, it is too remote and the sandflies are god's way of prevent man from inhabiting this neck of the woods... :D

If you haven't installed Google Earth yet, do, and switch on the NZ layer. It's a nation of wonders, I tell you. :clap

[StevieD]

What you mean switch on the NZ layer?? Come on, spill the beanz...

[wiki]

When I see images like this one, i just want to be there now.

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=681&d=1179898655

But does anyone actually live in these beautiful places or are they too remote?

The closest you can live to Milford Sound itself is Te Anau (depending on how often you stop and admire the views, it's about a 2-hour drive) There only people who live in Milford itself are staff of the Red boats, hostel and hotel.

I lived in Te Anau for most of my teenage years and the views are just as good. Te Anau only has 2,500 people and is a summer only tourist resort, because the mountains are in the national park, we can't put up skifields like they did in Queenstown.

[The Hodges]

What you mean switch on the NZ layer?? Come on, spill the beanz...

Hi StevieD

Ask and ye shall receive. Have a look at newzeland.com (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/new-zealand-google-earth-layer/new-zealand-google-earth-layer_home.cfm).

Have a play. Trouble is you'll find it as addictive as this forum, but not quite... :D

[jess]

Hi StevieD
Ask and ye shall receive. Have a look at newzeland.com (http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/features/new-zealand-google-earth-layer/new-zealand-google-earth-layer_home.cfm).
Just turned on my google earth to check it out. great idea for a new layer. I can't believe no other countries have done this yet. Thanks for the link.