A "bonny" Papamoa boy has been voted the Bay of Plenty Times baby of the year.
Ten-month old Kanyon Deans attracted more than 200 of the 6383 votes cast by shoppers at Bayfair Shopping Centre last week, winning himself a spot on the cover of the inaugural Bay of Plenty Times 2011 Baby Book.
Kanyon's parents, Louise Jeffries, 27, and Jason Deans, 28 - who also win a canvas and photography from Marina Galiotto Photography to the value of $500 - were ecstatic at the news their son had been named the Western Bay's cutest baby.
Miss Jeffries said she entered Kanyon, who was born on March 29, 2011, in the baby book after hearing about it from her mother, Mollie Bathe-Taylor. Ms Bathe-Taylor was convinced her grandson had what it took to take top honours.
"Put him in, put him in, he's got to win, he's the best," she told her daughter.