{"id":890174,"date":"2026-10-22T00:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890174\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T00:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T00:58:09","slug":"new-zealand-geographic-photographer-of-the-year-competition-2026-in-pictures-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890174\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Geographic photographer of the year competition 2026 \u2013 in pictures | New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 70 finalists were chosen from 6,000 entries for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzgeo.com\/photography\/photographer-of-the-year-winners\/\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand\u2019s largest photographic competition<\/a>, with works reflecting the country\u2019s natural environment, wildlife, culture, history and traditions. Photojournalist Mike Scott took first place for his portfolio of work that included a photo essay on waka ama (outrigger canoeing), and images ranging from hospice care to an aerial shot of an island of green trees in the middle of a landscape scorched by bushfires. Judges praised his patience and craft<\/p>\n<p> This piece was amended on 22 October 2026. The original version incorrectly said Mike Scott won for a single image. The prize is awarded for a portfolio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost 70 finalists were chosen from 6,000 entries for New Zealand\u2019s largest photographic competition, with works reflecting the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-890174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}