I did not have to stay long for a sea lion to perform for the camera at Hoopers Inlet.
Fast shutter speed and camera ready, I turned around to capture these competitors jumping into cold and muddy water in the Mud, Sweat and Tears challenge in June.
Leaves backlit in the air, dark background, with a fantastic expression of Anoushka Eyen Knox, 9, makes an eye-catching photo.
Years of rivalry between these two First XV teams make great photo opportunities with the determination of the St Kevin’s player Isoa Malo trying to evade the tackle by Waitaki Boys’ Simione Toganivalu in Oamaru in June.
Being caught up in the tug-of-war collegiate final captured the winning emotions for Studholme students.
It always makes a great image when a fireman carries an animal to safety from an incident.
Tom Nichol, 11, covers himself in spray during a Junior Black Sticks coaching session.
Student Sequoia Perkins, 20, walks with a broken umbrella, wild wind, low light and heavy rain, which creates, sets the stage of a weather photo.