Open and set subject honours and merit images from the March 2025 competition
Set subject: Best friends
Emperor penguins bonding | Rob Weir
Girlfriends | Jim Jefferies
Kōtuku | Erin Robson
Leaning in | Rob Weir
Lola n Lady | Aroha Edmonds
Mum is my best friend | Brenda Pinfold
New Zealand rockwren (Xenicus giliviventris)
Our happy place | Tabitha Jonson
Town vs Country chums | Anna Bootle
Zebra friends in sunset dust | Brenda Pinfold
Between light and shadow | Mike Gannaway
Brooklyn friends | Stephen Mackintosh
Hey baby! | Neil Shelley
Perfect wife Isabel | Fiona Wood
White-fronted tern | Erin Robson
Golden graffiti | Fiona Wood
Man's best friend | Rowan Bell
Pairing up | Malcolm Pinfold
Best friends 2 | Aroha Edmonds
Liquid thunder | Mike Gannaway