Get Inspired by Seaweek 2016 Competitions

Get Inspired by Seaweek 2016 Competitions

NZAEE Seaweek is delighted to announce three national competitions for Seaweek 2016 with some fantastic prizes up for grabs sponsored by Hauraki Blue Cruises, Young Ocean Explorers, New Zealand Geographic and Pro Photographer, during New Zealand’s annual, national week about the sea.

The theme for this year’s Seaweek, which runs from Saturday 27 February to Sunday 6 March 2016, is “Toiora te Moana - Toiora te Tangata, Healthy Seas - Healthy People”.

The Seaweek theme is the inspiration for the idea behind all 3 competitions. The first is a national children’s poetry competition, where entrants are asked to write a Haiku 3 line poem inspired by the Seaweek 2016 theme and illustrate it with a photograph. Email entries with your age and contact details to mels@subliminal.co.nz. Image must be attached to the email in JPG format with the poem text separate from the image in the email.

There are 2 categories: Age 10 and under and Age 11-16.

1st prize in both categories will be a Young Ocean Explorers branded mask & snorkel set, plus the Young Ocean Explorers book & DVD.

The Haiku competition judge will be widely published and performed Pacifica poet Doug Poole, who edits the Blackmail Press Poetry Journal and produced POLYNATION that headlined at literary festivals in Australia and New Zealand in 2008.

The second competition is an Instagram photographic competition - Sea Me: How Seaweek Inspires Me, open to all ages. Follow @nzaeeseaweek on Instagram and post a photo and caption (20 words max) that illustrates what you and your school/group/organisation/family or whanau are doing to help keep our seas healthy for all. This includes learning about and experiencing your local coastal environment. You must tag your photos #seaweek2016 #healthyseashealthypeople

Entries will be shared on Seaweek's Facebook and Twitter feeds as well as Instagram.

1st Prize - New Zealand Geographic & Pro Photographer Subscription plus random spot prizes.

The third competition is Design a Doodle4Seaweek based on the Seaweek logo and the theme "Toiora te Moana - Toiora te Tangata, Healthy Seas - Healthy People". Get inspiration from the winners of the doodle4google competition https://www.google.co.nz/doodle4google/winners.html

Download the entry form from the Seaweek website at http://seaweek.org.nz/competitions/ Entries must be emailed to mels@subliminal.co.nz & we will post a daily "winner" on Facebook and select an overall winner in each of two categories.

1st Prize (School age year 1-11) - New Zealand Geographic Subscription plus Young Ocean Explorers branded umbrella and Seaweek 2016 t-shirt.

1st Prize (Adult) - overnight cruise for 2 on Hauraki Blue Cruises worth $598 (travel costs to Auckland at own expense).

Full details for all competitions, which open for entries on Monday 22 February, can be found on the NZAEE Seaweek website at seaweek.org.nz along with a national events programme that has grown to around 150 events around the country.

Early voting in the Seaweek 2016 Ocean Champion competition has been intense and with two weeks still to go there’s no clear winner from the 7 nominees. Voting takes place on the Seaweek website at seaweek.org.nz and continues until 26 February. The winner will be awarded $500 donated by the New Zealand Coastal Society.

Seaweek 2016 is coordinated by the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education (NZAEE) and supported by Foundation North (formerly ASB Community Trust), Department of Conservation, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand Marine Studies Centre (Otago University), Environment Canterbury Regional Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, The National Aquarium - Napier City Council, DSP Print Group Ltd, New Zealand Coastal Society and many local sponsors.

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