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  • Affiliate members are non-hive-holding individuals or companies affiliated with the apiculture industry, e.g. landowners, education providers, beekeeping supply companies, industry associations and government agencies. Annual membership year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Member Information
    • Please click here for full member benefits of all categories.
    • The New Zealand Beekeeper journal in now published quarterly as a free online journal. Members will automatically be subscribed to receive the journal via the email address provided when joining or renewing a membership.
    • Payment is required to activate membership.
    All members must adhere to the ApiNZ Code of Conduct and the NZ Honeybee Care Code.
  • Entry to the 2024 NZ BeeKeeper journal Photography Competition

    All entries to this competition must be made online with photos supplied to competition organisers in a digital format only (jpeg or png). You can enter a maximum two entries per category. The Competition has seven categories: (A) Close-up Print - Subject must relate to Beekeeping (B) Scenic Print - Apiary subject such as flowers, hives etc. (C) Portrait print - Person or beekeeping procedure in appropriate setting (D) Essay Prints  - A set of 4 pictures depicting beekeeping (E) ‘Oh Darn!’ - For those ‘oops’ moments that occur in beekeeping! (F) Beekeeper Business Challenge – Beekeeping business best office (G) Mobile Phone Snaps – Apiculture moment captured on your phone?

    Competition terms and conditions*

    • The ApiNZ National Photography Competition is open only to current financial members of Apiculture NZ.
    • Entry to the ApiNZ National Photography Competition will only be considered complete when payment has been received in full.
    • All photo entered must be your own work.
    • All entries must be submitted as digital photo files (jpegs, jpgs or png files).
    • Photo files must be named using the name of the photographer and the category entered.  You can include the name of the photo if you wish.  For example:  LianeSmith_ScenicPortrait_View from Hives.jpg or JustinMorehu_BeekeepingBusinessChallenge.png
    • All photos must be at a resolution of 300dpi or higher. Visit https://convert.town/ to automatically convert your images to 300dpi before uploading to your entry form.
    • ApiNZ will print off photographic entries to be displayed at Conference. We reserve the right to only print those photos supplied at the correct resolution.
    • All entries must be received by 5pm, Friday 30 August 2024.
    • Photos may be black and white or full colour, no borders and must fit full page.
    • We will not accept a photo that has overlaid logo or text.  Additionally we will not accept a photo sent inside a Word document or PDF, or as a link to be downloaded.
    • Entrants agree that any photographs entered may be used by Apiculture New Zealand in publications or promotional activities. Apiculture New Zealand will ensure photo credits are used.
    • The judges' decision is final.

    Judging

    Each image will be judged on a scale of points to determine the overall winner in each category.  The Supreme Winning photo will be the image that scored highest overall.  Journal readers will get the opportunity to vote for their favourite image as part of the 'People's Choice Award'. The winning photos will be displayed on our website and the Supreme Winner and People's Choice will be printed in the October edition of The New Zealand BeeKeeper journal.
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