The Great NZ Photo Competition Summer 2025/26
Phone photos or cameras are accepted
🎁 Prize Pack for each of the FIVE winners
1 - $100 worth of Our Happy Place gear 🛍️
2 - Whittaker’s chocolate 🍫
3 - Their winning photo professionally printed for the wall on fine art paper🖼️
🏆 FIVE Chances to Win
1 - Random Draw Winner → Every entry counts.
2 - Best kiwi summer/christmas photo → For the photo that shows the kiwi way of summer.
3 - Funniest Photo → For the photo that makes us laugh the most.
4 - Best NZ Landscape → Be a mountain, beach or bush view - let's take a great photo!
5 - Most Colourful Photo → For the photo bursting with bright, bold colour. This could also include colourful humans.
📥 How to Enter
1 - Snap your photos - as many as you like! Every photo = one entry.
2 - Share to submit - 3 ways email, instagram, facebook - details below.
3 - Subscribe to my email list - all subscribers will get a free entry into the random draw.
4 - Bonus entries - download the Phone Photo Playbook for FREE and get another entry (download below or from the free tab on this website).
👉 Three ways to submit:
Email: Send your photo to hello@ourhappyplace.co.nz with subject line Photo Comp Entry
Instagram: Post and tag @ourhappyplacenz in the caption and photo. Parents can do this on behalf of children if Instagram isn't appropriate. For tagging to appear, account needs to be public. Facebook or email may be a better option.
Facebook: Post and tag @ourhappyplacenz in the caption and photo. Parents can do this on behalf of children if Facebook isn't appropriate.
📅 Competition Details
1 - Open to NZ residents only.
2 - Open to all ages — kids, teens, and parents too!
3 - Unlimited entries encouraged.
4 - Extra entries just for following @ourhappyplacenz on Instagram and Facebook.
5 - Entries close at 11:59 pm NZT, Friday 13th February 2026.
6 - Winners announced by 26 February 2026 on Instagram and via email.
Terms and Conditions
1 - Open to New Zealand residents of all ages.
2 - By entering, you give permission for your photo to be shared on Our Happy Place social channels, website, and marketing (with credit given).
3 - Judges’ decisions are final.
4 - Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable for cash.
5 - Every entry needs to be a different photo - duplicates won’t be counted.
6 - By entering, you confirm the photo is your own original work and you have permission from anyone pictured to share it.
7 - For minors, under 18, please ask a parent or guardian for permission.
All the best and happy snapping!!
Cheers,
Salena
