Writing Competition

The Top Outdoor Spot competition, held annually, invites children from around New Zealand to share their favourite outdoor place.

Competition details

The competition runs throughout terms 1 and 2, and encourages students to send in a photo, drawing, short poem or story of their favourite outdoor spot. The top three entries in each category win a prize pack for themselves and/or their school. The three categories are: 

1. Best Photo
2. Best Drawing, and
3. Best Story/Poem

Any student enrolled in a New Zealand school is eligible to win the Top Outdoor Spot competition. Entries can be made from now until 6 July 2019

Prizes

FIRST PRIZE for each category is, from Kiwi Camping: an EPE Cloud Adventure Day Pack with Koru sleeping bag, emergency blanket, emergency poncho, Dynamo LED torch, Kubb game, towelling hat, and bird stickers. And from Skellerup: Red Band gumboots.

 

The school of the winning student also receives a copy of Animals of Aotearoa, by Gillian Candler, illustrated by Ned Barraud and published by
Potton and Burton, and a $300 voucher for a school day trip to a nearby outdoor walk or trail plus trip advice from our local Walking Access
Commission Regional Field Advisor.

SECOND PRIZE for each category is, from Kiwi Camping: an EPE Cloud Adventure Day Pack with an emergency blanket, emergency poncho, Kubb
game, towelling hat and bird stickers. And from Skellerup: Red Band gumboots.

THIRD PRIZE for each category is, from Kiwi Camping: an EPE Cloud Adventure Day Pack with an emergency blanket, emergency poncho, towelling hat and bird stickers. And from Skellerup: Red Band gumboots.

Please join us

We would like your school to be involved in the 2019 competition. Teachers at your school can submit their students’ entries at www.walkingaccess.govt.nz/tos