[ENZ]

Please vote for your favourite pics of everyday life in New Zealand.

Voting is anonymous and it's also multiple choice, so you can vote for as many of the pictures as you like.

View the photos here (http://www.emigratenz.org/everyday-life-in-new-zealand-pics.html).

Voting closes precisely 8 days after the poll opened.

[Angelonthemove]

They are all great could not find any of ours that werent us just eating food or senic. Will wait for senic comp or pets one.

[able]

Couldn't help doing a little calculation - each voter is casting votes for 2.03 photos on average. (Too much time on my hands today!)

It's hard to figure out how many I should vote for. I like them all - and I’m able to vote for them all. But there's not much point in that. Or I could pick my absolute favourite, but there's little to choose between it and others I'd like to vote for, for different reasons. Or maybe I should pick my top 3? Choices, choices................

[Mexican in NZ]

I already vote....if you ave not u should!!!
Good luck to all!
All are nice pics, but the 2nd for me was my fav the background(trees) blend so well with the girl is just a beautiful pic, dont know who is the owner of it but congrats gr8 pic!

[Keith C.]

These are all nice pictures. The current leader, "Kite Festival," is beautiful. Nonetheless, I couldn't vote for it. They don't have kite festivals every day, do they?

[Kiwi-In-Texas]

All the pictures were great. The one that was a "favourite" for me was the
Dairy in Waikanae (Kapiti Coast). I remember this dairy well as Waikanae was my home town before moving to the States. We are planning on settling on the Kapiti Coast (preferably Waikanae) when we return to New Zealand permanently later this year.

[debnjohn]

These are all nice pictures. The current leader, "Kite Festival," is beautiful. Nonetheless, I couldn't vote for it. They don't have kite festivals every day, do they?

Hi Keith,
I took the kite picture, I'm glad you liked it.
Yes I agree the Kite festival is not an everyday thing (which is why I didn't vote for it), I didn't really know what to enter but wanted to take part.

The two I voted for were the dairy and Kauri tree-carving, as I think these fit the category best. The dairy picture in particular is really good, not only lovely to look at but also enigmatic of many everyday NZ things (rusty tin roof, cyclist wearing a helmet, 'Mac's Pies', tip-top ice cream etc).

Cheers,
John

[Tia Maria]

Wow 186 votes!

Cheers

Tia

[Sam B]

Thanks Mexican in NZ, that is our little girl up the tree, she loves climbing.

P.s. the dairy picture is my favourite, both me and J think it is brilliant.

[Ana&Steve]

The two I voted for were the dairy and Kauri tree-carving, as I think these fit the category best.

John

Hey, thanks on the tree carving, that was us! Funny thing is, I voted for your kite pic, both because of the vivid image and because kite flying just screams "idyllic family outing". I also voted for Sam's little girl, it's a great photo and tree climbing really should be an everyday thing. Of course, I also voted for mine 'cause I love rooting for the underdog!:D
Ana

[John Z]

Thanks Mexican in NZ, that is our little girl up the tree, she loves climbing.

P.s. the dairy picture is my favourite, both me and J think it is brilliant.

:eek:

Sam, I think we must get you guys a great house :laugh :

My favorite picture as "a picture": girl in native trees (the extra contrast and vivid colours put extra drama into it, where mostly extra contrast makes a picture worse)
My favorite picture to the subject: dairyhouse, though it's just a building, the picture is alive.

I like the last picture too, but didn't vote for it. I'm also an editor/photographer of a magazine (:o ) and responsable for the front-page/cover...: people always love colourfull things in the blue sky, whether it's balloons, kites or whatever. It's not a bad picture, it just wasn't a surprise.

John Z

[movefromus]

They don't have kite festivals every day but it's still representative of everyday life in NZ. In Auck. it wasn't uncommon to see people flying kites at the beach or the Domain on a windy day. It's also not uncommon to have free public events.

Carly

[ENZ]

With polling now closed, three wonderful photos have emerged as winners:

1. Kite Festival (Christchurch)
2. A Dairy in Waikanae (Kapiti Coast)
3. Tree Climbing (Maungatautari, Waikato )

Congratulations to debnjohn, jess and Sam B. We’ll now arrange for your well-deserved prizes to be sent out to you.

I’d like to offer a big thank you to everyone who took part in the competition and made it such a big success – whether by entering a photo, by judging, or by voting. I hope you enjoyed it.

I'll announce another competition soon – one that will be easier for everyone to enter, wherever you are in the world. Watch this space.

Douglas :)

[Lupin]

Can't it be "Everyday life in NZ" again, because I've finally picked a real winner :laugh

[StevieD]

Too late Lupin!! :laugh

Guess we'll just have to try our hand at somthing everyone can have a chance in, not just us NZ residents.....

Bring it on Douglas I say, this last one was great :nice1

[Stephen Jones]

Kite Festival

Steve

[debnjohn]

Congratulations to debnjohn, jess and Sam B. We’ll now arrange for your well-deserved prizes to be sent out to you.

Douglas :)

T-shirt arrived in the post this afternoon, thanks Douglas.
I'd post an image of me wearing it, but I'd better not in case I spoil anyones lunch :)

Cheers,
John