To be in to win some great prizes from Canon simply email us your best holiday photograph(s) or upload it/them to Facebook.
Entry mechanics (two ways to enter):
Email entries: email your photographs to photocomp@nzherald.co.nz along with your name, address, phone number and details of who (if anyone) is featured in the photograph prior to midnight on January 24, 2014.
Facebook entries: Visit NZ Herald on Facebook and go to the Holiday Picture Photo Competition Facebook tab you will be asked to upload your photograph and submit your name, email address, postal address, phone number and details of who (if anyone) is featured in the photograph.
Entries close at midnight on Friday, January 24, 2014.
A selection of pictures will be published in the print edition from December 26, 2013.
There will be a first, second, third prize as well as a weekly prize. These prize winners will be determined by a panel of judges which is made up of representatives from the Herald Photographic team. In addition to this the top ten photos will be displayed on a special 'Holiday Photo Competition' tab on NZ Herald's Facebook page and will be eligible for the Peoples' Choice prize. The Peoples' Choice winner will be determined by likes on Facebook.
First prize includes:
- A Canon E0870D EF - S18-55 (RRP $1,899.95)
- EF S55-250 IS USM (RRP $499.95) - Camera lens
- Camera bag backpack (RRP $89.95)
- Crumpler padded strap (RRP $69.95)
- Creative pack includes assortment of photo paper (RRP $100.00)
- 16GB SD Card ($40.00)
- A Canon PIXMA printer MG6460 (RRP $199.00)
Second prize includes:
- A Canon EOS 700D EF-S18-55 (RRP $ 1,349.95)
- Camera bag (RRP $29.95)
- A Canon PIXMA printer MG6460 (RRP $199.00)
Third prize includes:
- Powershot SX50 camera (RRP $749.95)
- Camera bag (RRP $24.95)
- A Canon PIXMA printer MG6460 (RRP $199.00)
The weekly prize includes:
- A IXUS135 camera
The Peoples' Choice prize includes:
- A Canon EOS700D DSLR with EFS18-135 IS STM (RRP $1749.95)
- MG7160 Printer (RRP $259.00)
- A DSLR Bag (RRP $39.00)
- 4GB SD Card (RRP $20.00)
The recommended retail price as stated beside each prize item above is indicative only and is based on the start date of the promotion.
Terms and Conditions:
1. Information on how to enter and prizes form part of these Terms and Conditions. Entry into this competition is deemed acceptance of the Terms and Conditions.
2. The competition is open to New Zealand residents only and strictly excludes professional photographers. Professional photographers are deemed to be any person making money from the sale of their photographs or photographic services. Employees of the Promoters and the Promoters' associated companies and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.
3. The New Zealand Herald reserves the right at their sole and absolute discretion to withdraw, cancel, suspend, modify and/or recommence this competition at any time, including if any their ability to fulfil their obligations is limited at any stage by any form of technical failure or other circumstance outside their control
4. The New Zealand Herald shall have the right to store electronically any pictures sent in by entrants for the competition and to use the images free of charge for purposes that relate to the competition and promotion of the competition for up to three years from December, 2013.
5. To enter the competition, entrants must provide their full name, current and valid email address and phone number along with their photograph submission.
6. Entrants may enter as many different photographs as they like.
7. Photos must be the property of the entrant and must be of reasonable quality. By submitting the photo, each entrant warrants the photo: (i) is an original, unpublished work; and (ii) does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party; and (iii) does not otherwise breach any applicable law. Each entrant undertakes that they will keep their photo confidential and will not publish the photo or allow the photo to be used in any exhibition or book or for any other commercial purpose until the winners of the competition are announced.
8. Entries must be received by The New Zealand Herald during the Promotional Period. The New Zealand Herald accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected entries or for any person's inability to complete or continue an entry or for any inaccurate information that may have been supplied or not supplied (as the case may be) as a result of misuse or failure of any equipment, technical error, inaccurate data entry or deletion of data, transmission communication, software limitation or failure, website access, alteration to entry information, or any combination of the foregoing that may occur whilst entering the competition.
9. The competition commences on December 6, 2013 and entries close on January 24, 2014 ("Promotional Period"). Entries are deemed to have been received at the time of receipt by the Promoters. The Promoters' records will be final and conclusive as to the time of receipt of an entry.
10. The winning entrants will be notified by telephone, email or post.
12. The New Zealand Herald reserves the right to request such further information as they may reasonably require in relation to any photo or the entrant, including as to the entrant's ownership of the photo or any proof of identification or age. If a winner is under the age of 18 years their parent or guardian must give their prior written consent to the award of the prize.
13. The New Zealand Herald's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
14. Any breach of these Terms and Conditions will void an entry.
15. The prizes are not exchangeable or transferable and cannot be taken for cash. If a prize is unavailable for any reason including due to unforeseen circumstances Canon may substitute another prize that the Promoters consider, in their sole and absolute discretion, to be of equal value, subject to any directions from a regulatory authority.
16. The winners consent to their name and image being used for public relations and marketing purposes relating to this competition without compensation.
17. Neither APN nor Canon are liable for any loss, damage or injury (including without limitation indirect or consequential loss) suffered by any person in connection with the promotion or any prize, except for any liability under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or other liability that cannot be excluded by law.
19. The Promoters are APN New Zealand Ltd, 46 Albert Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand and Canon.