Trenna Packer Salver Information 2026

2025 Winning set by the Pukekohe Franklin Camera Club

The Nature Photography Society of New Zealand would like to invite your club to take part in the Trenna Packer Salver Competition.  Copies of the entry form and rules are attached. The competition opens on the 1^st of May 2026 and closes on Friday the 19^th of June 2026

The Trenna Packer Salver competition is an annual New Zealand nature inter-club competition run by the Nature Photography Society of New Zealand.  This competition is for sets of six nature projected images and is open to all clubs in New Zealand.  The objective of this competition is to illustrate the natural history diversity of NZ and its offshore islands.  As the natural world faces increasing threats from human activity and climate change, it is important for photographers to shoot, record and archive high quality images of New Zealand nature subject matter.

We hope that by running the annual New Zealand Nature interclub competition we can promote increasing interest in photographing the natural world as well as encourage best practice in photographing nature subjects

We’d love to see the competition grow and so, if your club has never entered before – please consider getting a set together and making an entry.  We hope that your members find this competition of interest and look forward to seeing some exciting sets.

General Rules: Trenna Packer Rules and Guidelines 2026 

• The subject matter is restricted to New Zealand and its offshore islands.
• The subject matter must be nature as defined by the rules in link above, which excludes cultivated plants, domestic animals and confined animals
• Clubs with over 70 members are restricted to one image per photographer.
• If the Club has less than 70 members, up to two photographers may submit 2 images each.
• The NPSNZ Code of Ethics must be followed (appendix 1 Code of Ethics)  
• Images created in whole or in part by image creation software (frequently called ‘AI’ images) are not allowed. (Appendix 2 Artificial Intelligence).
• Photographs or images that have been selected for the Trenna Packer Salver Competition cannot be re-entered in the same or different format in any section of that competition in any subsequent year, either under the same title or using a different title.
• A reproduction of a photograph or image selected in one year, that is so similar as to be confused with the original work, is likewise not to be entered in the same competition in subsequent years
• Original files (RAW or JPEG) of images may be requested by NPSNZ management committee

The rules for the Trenna Packer Slaver competition follow the NPSNZ Rules Natural Environment and Wildlife (Natural History).  Images are also required to meet the overriding criteria specified in the New Zealand Nature section of the PSNZ Nature Rules.

• The photograph must have been taken of New Zealand subjects only.
• Any animals or plants illustrated must be untamed or uncultivated in their natural habitat.

It is suggested that the 2026 Trenna Packer Entry Form and entries are uploaded to Dropbox and shared with the coordinator or use this file request link to Dropbox.

To send files though a file request via Dropbox

1. Click this link to start uploading files.
2. In the browser window that loads, click Choose from computer or Choose from Dropbox to upload a file. Alternatively, you can drag and drop the file(s) you’d like to upload directly into your browser window.
3. If you have more files to upload, click +Add another file.
4. Once you have all the files you want to upload, you may be prompted to enter your first name, last name, and email address so that the file collector can identify your files.
5. Click Upload.

If you have any queries please feel free to contact coordinator at details below and we suggest you look through the galleries on our web site http://www.naturephotography.nz/galleries/trenna-packer-gallery/ at winning sets since 2007 for guidance.

We will be hosting the showing and announcing the results of the Trenna Packer Competition on Monday 20th July, 2026, at 7.30 pm in our Club Rooms, Rock and Mineral Clubrooms 110 Waltham Rd Christchurch. Anyone from your Club will be most welcome to attend that night.

Craig McKenzie is the judge for 2026.

Craig is a Dunedin based photographer with over 50 years of photography from his backyard to remote locations.  He specialises in wildlife photography with a strong interest in endemic and native birds.  He has won many awards and has extensive experience in judging photography.

We look forward to your entry into the Trenna Packer Salver Competition.

Kind regards
Robyn Owen
Coordinator Trenna Packer Competition
Nature Photography Society of New Zealand

trennapacker@naturephotography.nz