Open and set subject honours and merit images from the April 2026 competition
Set subject: Creative portrait
Against the light | Rob Weir
All she thinks about is football | Sharon Kenyon
California quail | Chris Tuffley
Cobweb, Ruahine Corner | Chris Tuffley
Daydreaming in bloom | Erin Robson
Determination | Mike Gannaway
Elephants navigating a field | Rob Weir
Lady in hat | Peter Clarke
Looking for a date | Pieter Jansen
Loyal | Tabitha Jonson
Teen sensation THE BEEFY BOYS | Racheal Young
The girl and the Sea of Imagination | Heather Fronek
The inside view | Jim Jefferies
Wharf no more | Graeme Platt
What to choose | Micaela McIntosh
White-faced heron | Rowan Bell
Creative licence given | Fiona Wood
Glimmer of hope | Aroha Edmonds
I feel a distance between me | Stephen Mackintosh
Jack | Kellie Vincent
Kōkako | Rowan Bell
Fly my pretty fly | Margie Coplestone
Sinews of the land - Castlepoint | Mike Gannaway
Ice maiden | Debz Dickinson
It's all yellow | Kerryn Whitehead
Pressed to impress | Deb Mackintosh
Sunflower light | Kerryn Whitehead
Adult ruru leaving nest | Brenda Pinfold
Amelia loves reading | Carolyn Morris
Cultural dance | Micaela McIntosh
Egyptian | Mary-Ann Moore
Girl by the window | Monika Coles
Girl with six blue ties | Monika Coles
Hidden darkness | Naidene Schneider
Hiding my stick | Pieter Jansen
Jan jar | Peter Clarke
Moody landscape | Prashant Joshi
Portrait 1 | Alan Goodwin
Reflection | Wayne Rickard
Supervillian origin story | Jonny Moos
The mystery of self | Jonny Moos
Wood nymph | Margie Coplestone
Folded light | Nici Symes
Magical moment | Prashant Joshi
Walk away | Jim Jefferies
Ruapehu's first light | Erin Robson