Yolanta Woldendorp of NZ Life & Leisure magazine and Wendy Payne view the photography display:


Photography display, more photos:
Virginia Larson, Rick Neville, Pam Neville, Shayne Currie and Marilynn McLachlan

Virginia Larson editor of North & South magazine, Brenda Ward and Susan Gibson, Communications Manager for Heritage Hotels

Amokura Panoho, Chair of New Zealand Maori Tourism with Yolanta Woldendorp of NZ Life & Leisure magazine

Tanmoy Das, Elizabeth Light and Kelly Lynch

Steve Braunias and Mark Pirihi



Ewan McDonald and Dani Wright


Vicki Virtue

Chris Swannell, Mary Galway and Peter Feeney

Hilary Marret of Westpac with Kathryn Webster, Travcom President and editor of AA Directions magazine

New Zealand Maori Tourism group viewing the photography display

Te Radar, Ruth Spencer and Chris Coad


Craig Cartwright, Rowena Bahl and Jonathan Killick


Our wonderful MC Te Radar, always a favourite and so popular!

Te Radar and Tessa Chrisp accepting her award for the Auckland Airport Best Travel Image Taken in New Zealand

Photography judges and sponsors up on stage with a delighted Joshua Donnelly accepting his award as 2014 Travel Photographer of the Year

Amokura Panoho, Chair of New Zealand Maori Tourism with Aaron Smale, winner of the Best Travel Image that Captures the Essence of Maori Award

Tessa Chrisp, winner of the Auckland Airport award for the Best Travel Image taken in New Zealand with Yolanta Woldendorp, Art Director for New Zealand Life & Leisure magazine.

New Zealand Maori Tourism group, Amokura Panoho, Chair of New Zealand Maori Tourism and Aaron Smale, winner of the NZ Maori Tourism Award for the Best Travel Image that captures the Essence of Maori

Aaron K, executive of AIPA and photography judge for the awards with Pamela Wade and Chris Coad, Wellington photographer and photography judge

Michelle Burgess of Cathay Pacific with Joshua Donnelly, winner of the Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award with Brian Tsoi, Cathay Pacific Country Manager for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

Ronnie Ronalde, Heritage Boutique Collections with a delighted Joshua Donnelly, winner of the Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year Award and Susan Gibson, Communications Manager for Heritage Hotels

Susan Gibson, Communications Manager of Heritage Hotels with Te Radar

Te Radar, our MC, entertaining Kathryn Webster, Travcom President and editor of AA Directions magazine

Holly Wade, winner of the AA Directions New Travel Writer of the Year award with Pamela Wade, previous Cathay Pacific Travel Writer of the Year Award winner

Susan Gibson, Communications Manager for Heritage Hotels with Virginia Larson, editor of North & South magazine

Kate Simon, International Writing Judge for the awards from London, with Virginia Larson, editor of North & South magazine with Gordon Gillan, PR Manager of Travel Corporation and Adventure World

Kevin Lynch, British Consul with Darragh Walshe of Tourism Ireland (and Mark Pirihi is helpfully holding the banner)

Kevin Lynch, British Consul, Brian Tsoi, Cathay Pacific Country Manager for New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, with Mark Pirihi, also of Cathay Pacific

Kathryn Webster, Travcom President and editor of AA Directions magazine with Alice Galletly, runner up in the Interislander Award for the Best Travel Story about a Journey

Tanmoy Das, winner of the Heritage Boutique Collection Award for the Best Unpublished Travel Image with Kevin Lynch, British Consul

The Destinations magazine team (above)

Hilary Marret of Westpac and Fergus Blakiston, winner of the Westpac Award for the Best Travel Story under 1000 words