A budding new author from Point Chevalier has claimed the Auckland heat of a story writing competition.
Oscar Harding from Pt Chevalier Primary School has been selected as the Auckland regional winner of the Paper Plus Ginormous Imagination Story Competition after his imaginative story about Blurb - The Eighty Seven Story Office Building - caught the judges' eyes.
Year five students across New Zealand were invited to enter the competition, designed to foster creativity and imagination among primary-aged children.
Entrants were challenged to come up with a story about the new Paper Plus character, Blurb.
Oscar will receive a $500 voucher to spend at his local Paper Plus store, as well as a $700 voucher for his school to spend on library books from Paper Plus.
Lyle Hastings, Paper Plus Group Marketing Manager, said the competition is about celebrating imagination in communities in a fun way.
"Blurb is a cuddly, green, loveable character with a very big imagination. Entrants were asked to put pen to paper and imagine what Blurb did before he joined Paper Plus.
"We were very impressed with what the students produced and would like to congratulate all the finalists on their stupendous imaginations," Hastings said,