The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa has been running a photographic competition for images featuring albatrosses and petrels. This has now closed and the winning images are shown on our home page. There were six winning images in the 5 categories (two 'gold' prizes were awarded in the Conservation Messages Category). The list of winners and other notable photos in each category is below.

Portrait

• Gold – Jacob Gonzalez-Solis – Face to face
• Silver – Matt Charteris – Hello
• Bronze – Gareth Hopkins – Dance of the giant petrels

Conservation messages

• Gold – Peter Langlands – Albatross for future generations
• Gold – Mark J Rauzon – Trashed beach where BLAL nest
• Bronze – Vero Cortes – Seabird bycatch in the Mediterranean
• Bronze – Dimas Gianuca – Away from the hooks

Lonely islands

• Gold – Hélène De Méringo – Soon new explorations of the ocean
• Silver – Fabrice Lebouard "Gorfou" – Calling
• Bronze – Jonathan Ashburner – Life on the edge

Researchers in action

• Gold – Abraham Borker – A starry stormy night
• Silver – Hob Osterlund – Lessons in Lipstick
• Bronze – Thibaut Vergoz – Its for Science

At sea

• Gold – Dimas Gianuca – Rainbow
• Silver – Sarah Wilcox – White-capped albatross off Stewart Island
• Bronze – Eric Woehler – Sooty Trio