Open and set subject honours and merit images from the May 2025 competition
Set subject: Nature
A morning shag | Margie Coplestone
Black-backed jackal drinking
Candy crush | Aroha Edmonds
Duck, pond weed | Carolyn Morris
Emperor penguin creche | Rob Weir
From big things little things grow | Stephen Mackintosh
Gulls in the mist | Racheal Young
Kōwhai in bloom | Richard Lander
Nankeen night heron | Rowan Bell
Pīwauwau New Zealand rockwren (Xenicus gilviventris) | Chris Tuffley
Ruby red | Aroha Edmonds
Sunset Mt Cook | Barry Williams
Untitled 1 | Manoj Mishra
Waiata in the shadows | Helen Fronek
Poppies | Kellie Vincent
Tui | Alan Goodwin
Preening gannet | Anna Bootle
White-capped mollymawk (Thalassarche cauta) | Chris Tuffley
Dioressence | Karen Snook
Just wait there | Malcolm Pinfold
Sparring | Malcolm Pinfold
Sundown dandelion | Kerryn Whitehead
A mother's protection | Erin Robson
Come dance with me | Jim Jefferies
Divine | Stephen Mackintosh
Malachite kingfisher | Brenda Pinfold
Busy busy | Jim Jefferies
Kōtuku in flight | Mike Gannaway
Moeraki Boulders Beach | Alan Goodwin
Sharp-eyed tui | Andrew Moore
Wow | Prashant Joshi
Chip shop lady | Wayne Richard
Nature's impasto | Andrew Moore
Erin Robson | Oriental Bay
Weillington on a bad day is even more fun | Mike Gannaway
Wrath of nature | Racheal Young