Rules & Conditions

Conditions of entry

1. Photos must be your own work. You must have taken them within the last 2 years, and they must be of the Porirua Harbour and the lower reaches of the streams that flow into it. See map.

2. Except for the artistic category, entries MUST BE actual images. You can crop your photos and make certain digital adjustments including conversion to black & white, but you must not create an image that wasn’t what you saw through your camera lens (e.g. you can’t ‘move’ objects). Do not submit text-generated AI images.

3. You are limited to 6 photos, and no more than two photos per category.

4. Every image must have a title. The title must not include the author’s name and be no longer than 35 characters. No title, logo or identification of the author shall be written anywhere on the face of an image.

5. The file name of the digital image should be identical to the title on the entry form and must not include the name of the photographer.

6. Files must be no more than 10MB in file size.

7. Images will need to be submitted in a 4:3 (or 3:4) aspect ratio, so they will not be cropped in printing.

8. If your photos are selected for the exhibition, you must send us a print resolution digital file of your winning photo(s) within 48 hours of being notified.

9. Copyright remains with you. The organising groups and the Porirua City Council Harbour programme may use any of the photos for not-for-profit educational and publicity purposes. If we do this, we will always acknowledge you as the photographer.

Theme 1 –Scenic (S)

Photos of the harbour and surrounding landscape

Theme 2 – Nature (N)

Animals and plants of the harbour, including life under the surface.

Theme 3 – Recreation (R)

People and/or animals using the harbour for recreation

Theme 4 – Artistic (A)

Any harbour-related subject. Artistic photos of plants, animals, scenery, reflections, effects of nature. Photos in this category may be digitally enhanced to create an image or a special effect, but must not created by text-generated AI.

Theme 5 – Challenges to the health of the harbour (C)

The things people have done in the past, or are doing now that harm the harbour.These could be (but are not limited to) buildings, other structures, pollution, rubbish. The best human impact photos will ‘tell a story’.

Theme 6 – Lending a hand to look after the harbour (L)

People and activities that are intended to improved the health of the harbour.