LandMarks Photo Collection Winners

Congratulations to our winners

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the LandMarks Photo Collection 2024!

 This year's competition saw over 2,000 images entered —the highest number we've received in the last decade. The exceptional quality of submissions made it an exciting and challenging competition, but our judges have finally selected a showcase of winning images.

2025 Calendar Supreme Winner

Congratulations to Rosina Dobbe, whose image "Taking in the view while the girls find their way", took out the top spot in the 2024 LandMarks Photo Collection.

As Supreme Winner, Rosina has won a $1,500 Prezzy Card and her image will appear on the front cover of the 2025 PGG Wrightson Calendar. Congratulations Rosina!

2025 Calendar Supreme Winner

Congratulations to Rosina Dobbe, whose image "Taking in the view while the girls find their way", took out the top spot in the 2024 LandMarks Photo Collection.

As Supreme Winner, Rosina has won a $1,500 Prezzy Card and her image will appear on the front cover of the 2025 PGG Wrightson Calendar. Congratulations Rosina!

a baling tractor picks up its last bale of silage while a red sunset lights up the sky in the background

January

Late summer nights
Nadia Pei - Southland

a young boy pushes a toy tractor in a green field with blue sky and white clouds in the background

February

Just a boy and his truck 
Briar Milne - Otago

a harvester  finishes it's last row of wheat harvesting while the sun sets in the background

March

Nearly there
Heather Shearer - Canterbury

4 dogs and a horse face the camera on a hill with a wide valley in the background. one small dogs sits on the horses saddle.

April

Best seat in the house 
Jenny McMurdo - Canterbury

a farmer with his dog, standing on a hill, looking out over a valley where his sheep have found their way to the open gate of their field. a mountain range is in the background.

May

Taking in the view while the girls find their way
Rosina Dobbe - Canterbury

Hereford cattle graze in a paddock with a vast blue sky above and a large mountain range in the background

June

Herefords run country
Leora Werner - Otago

A large flock of sheep advance down both sides of a road. the centre line of the road is in the forgound with tall trees either side of the road and a snow covered mountain in the background.

July

Fresh Trot - Dunstanburn Station 
Shaye Scott - Otago

A stag with large antlers faces toward the background, calling to another stag (out of the picture). The sun is setting in a blue sky with light white clouds.

August

Sing it from the hilltops
Jennifer Jopson - Bay of Plenty

A happy, relaxed collie sheep dog sits on the back of a four wheel bike, in the sun, with its front paws crossed one over the other. The bike has a safety roll bar installed.

September

Ready and waiting for boss
Mackenzie Grant - Waikato

A small plane flies through a valley on its final turn before collecting a load of fertiliser. The sky is blue and the sun is setting. Trees cast long shadows.

October

Turning finals for another load of fertiliser
Ben Chadwick, Farmers Air - Gisborne

White and brown Beresford Simmental cattle stand in the foreground with a green rolling hill, blue sky and white clouds in the background.

November

Beresford Simmentals, in the heart of the Catlins 
Annabel Shadbolt - Otago

A square hay baler picks up bales in a dry field with a large blue sky above. The field contains a full sized rugby goal.

December

Work and play
Debbie Smith - Canterbury 

2024 Calendar Supreme Winner

Charmaine Murphy's Watching the Sunrise Before Starting Work was awarded the place of Supreme Winner in the 2023 LandMarks Photo Collection. On the morning the photo was taken, Charmaine and her husband had made an early start to muster ewes before the heat started. While waiting for her husband to reach the bottom of the paddock, Charmaine noticed the beautiful sunrise and her dogs Sharp and Quiz both looking in the same direction, and took the shot with the camera she often takes with her. The image appeared on the front cover of the 2024 PGG Wrightson Calendar.

2024 Calendar Supreme Winner

Charmaine Murphy's Watching the Sunrise Before Starting Work was awarded the place of Supreme Winner in the 2023 LandMarks Photo Collection. On the morning the photo was taken, Charmaine and her husband had made an early start to muster ewes before the heat started. While waiting for her husband to reach the bottom of the paddock, Charmaine noticed the beautiful sunrise and her dogs Sharp and Quiz both looking in the same direction, and took the shot with the camera she often takes with her. The image appeared on the front cover of the 2024 PGG Wrightson Calendar.

A harvester in a field

January

Summer evenings done right
Davinia McDonald - Otago

sunflowers in a field being watered by an irrigator

February

Patearoa sunflowers
Sophie Joe Potter - Otago

A sheepdog helping a farmer wound up sheep in a pen

March

Team Work
Kayla McKenzie - Otago

A shepherd looking high into the hills at sheep

April

Way up
Oscar Hetherington - Lake Hawea Station, Otago

Farmland with sunrays

May

Sunrise across the paddocks 
Carolyn Smith - Taranaki

A small child being followed by a flock of chickens

June

...here chook, chook, chook 
Charmaine Murphy - Taranaki

A lineup of caramel, back and white cows in the snow

July

Peek-a-boo
 Ilka Seebeck - Southland

Sheep crossing a snow covered road with steam rising off their backs

August

On the move
 Diane du Faur - Otago

A farmer surveying farmland atop a hill surrounded by sheepdogs

September

Point of view
Clare Tylee - Hawke's Bay

A small child helping her dad sweep wool off a shearing shed floor

October

Daddy's little rousy 
Tui Kelly - Tasman

A vineyard with a river in the background

November

Where there is a wine, there is a way
Ilka Seebeck - Otago

An orchard of cherries with a frost fan in the background

December

First morning of the cherry harvest
Hayden Taylor - Otago

Inside cover

The inside cover image is Sunrise by Naisie Bella Bayley - Otago

Inside cover

The inside cover image is Sunrise by Naisie Bella Bayley - Otago

2023 Calendar Supreme Winner

The Supreme Winner in 2022 was Into The Hills by Harry Railton, Mid-South Canterbury.
Harry's image was chosen for its beautiful capture of a flock’s journey forward into the hills, guided by rays of sunlight. The image appeared on the front cover of the PGG Wrightson 2023 Calendar.

2023 Calendar Supreme Winner

The Supreme Winner in 2022 was Into The Hills by Harry Railton, Mid-South Canterbury.
Harry's image was chosen for its beautiful capture of a flock’s journey forward into the hills, guided by rays of sunlight. The image appeared on the front cover of the PGG Wrightson 2023 Calendar.

young girl playing in lambs wool

January

Swimming in lamb's wool
Tui Bolger, Tasman

A harvester mowing straight lines in a field

February

Straight lines
Scott Nimmo, Canterbury

Ripe red tomatoes on a vine

March

Ripe for the picking
Nelson

Brown cows on a hill with long shadows and sea and and island in the distance

April

Watchful cows
Oskar McCamish, Auckland

Four dogs on a hill with sheep and snowy mountains in the background

May

A shepherd's view
Jono Green, North Canterbury

A valley bathed in frost with a flock of sheep ascending a hill with steam rising off them

June

Nice morning for a muster
Charmaine Murphy, Taranaki

Three  farm dogs on the back of a ute looking out over a green field with mountains in the distance and a clear blue sky

July

Taking in the view 
Lauren Buckman, Southland

Two dairy cows standing together munching green leaves

August

Hungry girls
Christian Allen, Manawatu

A harvester collecting silage surrounded by snow topped mountains

September

Silage in the Mountains
Becky Rickard, Otago

A bright pink field of flowering tulips

October

Pretty in pink
Isla Seebeck, Southland

An irrigator in a field ready to spray

November

Ready to roll
Canterbury

Two deer with large antlers bathed in the glow of sunset

December

Sunset
Hana Vojtechovska, Otago

Inside cover

The inside cover image is Bird's eye view by Lauren Korstrom, Mid-South Canterbury.

Inside cover

The inside cover image is Bird's eye view by Lauren Korstrom, Mid-South Canterbury.

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