New Zealand’s Most Beautiful Views competition
Thank to everyone who entered our photography competition.
This has now closed and we will be announcing the winners during Macular Degeneration Awareness Week which takes place from 2nd to 9th November.
In the meantime, please enjoy a selection of some of the entries below.
The serenity of Mauao
Life above the clouds
Somewhere between Kaikoura and Hanmer Springs
Lake McGregor
Night at the Tongariro northern circuit
Jacks Bay
Karioitahi Beach
Hooker Valley Mt Cook
The most incredible sunset at Buckland's Peak Track
Mr Shag. Lake Rotiti Nelson Lakes Lock Down
Beautiful Queenstown with the setting sun
NZ Christmas Tree - Devonport
Sunrise at Tunnel Beach Dunedin
Sunset over Auckland
Birds and babes at Howick Beach
View of The Mount main beach, Maunganui, from Mauao (Mount Maunganui)
Canterbury, New Zealand - The Great Nebula in Carina
Dawn Reflections in Kaikoura
Karangahake tunnel, karangahake gorge
Rainbow Mountain
Black Barn Vineyards - Havelock North
Skyline walkway Makara wind farm
Hiking high above Fiordland
Ōtākou Cottage' Idaburn, Ida Valley, Central Otago
'Beach Days' - Kairakau, Hawke's Bay
Beautiful west coast sunset view of Ruapuke and Kawhia
Lake Tekapo taken at 5pm just after getting out of Hot Springs, June 2020
An early morning in the beautiful Waitomo district
Farming in the golden triangle with the Kaimai range as a backdrop in Morrinsville
Fishermen's wharf, harbour bridge, light show
Moeraki Bolders
Sunset at Picnic Bay Waiheke Island
Ice Fountain, Omarama
The view from my front gate
Clay Cliffs Omarama
One of those stunning Taumaranui sunsets
Mt. Maunganui Beach Sunset
Coralie Bay, Great Mercury Island
Bethells Beach, West Auckland
Anzac Day 2020 on the beach at Mission Bay
Mt Taranaki in a blanket of cloud
A windy view of Opito Bay from hill top pathway
Sunrise Cathedral Cove
Double rainbow in Marlborough Sounds
'Sunset' at Orewa Estuary
Paraparaumu Beach
Sunset at the Village
Pouakai Tarns
Mountains of Raglan
Waiting for the family
Hooker Lake
Journey into Skippers Canyon, Queenstown
Virginia and Ian - Wedding Day - Point Halswell Lighthouse on Wellington Harbour with the Hutt Valley and the harbour behind
Those breathtaking views in the hills around Kawhia harbour
Lake Mapourika, West Coast, South Island
Some seal bois in Kaikoura
Apocalyptic skies above Lyttleton Harbour & Banks Peninsula
Tolaga Bay on the East Coast after a storm
Ferry view of Auckland city
Spectacular sunrise at Half moon bay ferry terminal
Houhora Harbour Sunrise, Far North NZ
'Mid Winter Joy' Te Araroa Eastern Bay of Plenty July 2020
'Lifeguards In Training At Dawn' Orewa Surfclub, Orewa, Auckland
Imagine what would be missed without vision
Worst Auckland to Wellington flight ever... but I caught this view
The Remarkables overlooking Lake Hayes
My daughter and her friend looking at the beautiful view on Turoa ski fields
Overlooking Lake Wanaka
Twilight Alpenglow on Aoraki Mount Cook with vivid autumn colours on the shores of Lake Pukaki
Piwakawaka at Hokitika Gorge
Mount Cook Sunset
Reflection at lake camp, Ashburton
Sunset while descending from Mt. Taranaki
Eye Can See You - New Brighton Pier sunrise
The light side of play
Manukau Heads: Huia
Walking track in Eaves Bush Orewa
The light side of play - 2
A drive to Aoraki: Mount Cook, where the road straightens out and the mountains stand before us. I had to stop the car and take the shot there and then
Mother and young fur seal, Martins Bay, Hollyford Valley, South Island
Lake Tekapo - rushes!
A Pastel Sunset at Mount Maunganui
Morning mist at Oakleigh
Lupin Flowers at Lake Tekapo
Lake Tutira in the autumn
Kelland Pond during a hoar frost
Church of the Good Shephard
Beautiful evening at Birkenhead
Mitre Peak and Kotuku. Two Icons of NZ
Hoar Frost McKenzie country
Cattle Drive King Country
Beautiful Lake Matherson
Mount aspiring national park
Sunset at Skippers Canyon
Patearoa in a hoar frost
Tranquility at Omeru Falls Reserve, Kaukapakapa
Tracks in the fog at Cass
Lindis pass 16:7:20
A Fantail in flight - captured at the East cape light house
Tolaga Bay Wharf - East cape
Mount cook 17:7:20
Nevis Rd, Cromwell
Mt Cook from the Lake Pukaki information centre
Beautiful sunrise at Takapuna
Beautiful Lake Tekapo
Sunset in the fruit bowl - Cromwell
Mt.Maunganui to Papamoa Hills from the top of Mauao
Garden Path
Milford Sound, aerial view
Winter evening, Nevis Bluff, South Island
Matukituki River, Mt Aspiring, Wanaka
Mount Camel, Houhora
Road to Glenorchy , snapped this week
Journey's end, Lake Okataina
Sunset at Wharariki Beach, Golden Bay
Hidden canyon in the Bay of Plenty
Sunrise from Best Island, Nelson
Taupo Lake Sunset- Golden Hour
The leaning tree
The mighty hass fallen
Waking up
How Lucky Am I? View from my verandah of the Waitakere foothills
View over Lake Wanaka
Sunrise from Hahei Beach
Where the Wild things are - Hagley Park, Christchurch
St Clairs Shoreline
Blue lakes, St Bathans
The Hooker River
Lake Pearson
A walk in the bush post covid-19
Early morning fog, near Okere Falls, Rotorua
Dawn at The Maori Lakes on the road into Lake Heron, Canterbury
Lake Matheson
Misty Evening Light, Kaikoura
Holiday in Queenstown 2020!
Holiday in Queenstown 2020!
High Tide at Marahau
Karekare
Anawhata hole in the rock
North Orewa
Crisp Morning, Twizel
Tasman Glacier at Sunrise
