The winning portfolio is a varied picture of life along the Dunedin coastline—the surf, the weather, portraits of the people who live and play along the coast. Derek Morrison is consistently out looking for pictures—since 2011, he’s been adding photos every Tuesday morning to his photography blog, Box of Light. The resulting work is the type of documentary that New Zealand is lucky to have.
 
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October 26, 2018
 
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Derek Morrison named Photographer of the Year

The winning portfolio is a varied picture of life along the Dunedin coastline—the surf, the weather, portraits of the people who live and play along the coast. Derek Morrison is consistently out looking for pictures—since 2011, he’s been adding photos every Tuesday morning to his photography blog, Box of Light. The resulting work is the type of documentary that New Zealand is lucky to have.

 
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See all the category winners from Photographer of the Year

Who took home the Wildlife category? How about Photostory, Landscape, Aerial? Which was the winning timelapse? Who is the Young Photographer of the Year? And who did the public vote for the People's Choice Award? (Pictured above is the Resene Colour Award-winning photograph by David Wall). See all the winners here. 

 
 
 
 
 
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In 2015, the IUCN downgraded the conservation status of the New Zealand sea lion from vulnerable to endangered. This is bad news, and reflects a failure of government agencies...

 
 
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When the brief sub-antarctic summer comes to Enderby Island, so does a rare breed of animal: Hooker’s sea lion.

 
 
 
 
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