The rūnaka supported the recent Karitane School book sale in more ways than one this year. Brendan kindly provided the space in his office for all the books while they were being collected. Justine and Suzanne designed a photo contest in which locals had to either take a photo of the view from their property, or provide a ‘nature’ shot.

We then printed the photos and turned them into displays for the book sale, so that attendees could vote (with a gold coin) for their favourite photo. Categories covered both adults and under 14s. We were pleased to report that not only did Suzi Flack win her category, the nature open section, and Liam Ellison his nature under 14 category, but Liam was also the supreme winner. We raised over $200 for the book sale and we will be doing it again next year.

Liam Ellison’s winning photograph.

Liam Ellison’s winning photograph.