Fish of the Year
Te Ika o Te Tau
2025

Who will be New Zealand's most-loved fish?

Are you ready for the biggest aquatic popularity contest of the year? Fish of the Year 2025 voting opens on Saturday 1st March. Who will you vote for?

Colouring in Competition

There are also prizes for the Fish of the Year colouring in competition, click the images to download a high resolution PDF. Which you can either print or colour in digitally.

Send us a photo of your colouring-in sheet to go in the draw to win some jaw-some Fish of the Year prizes!

Email competitions@emr.org.nz

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Te Ika o Te Tau | Fish of the Year 2024 Winner Announcement

Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) was stoked to run the fourth annual Fish of the Year | Te Ika o te Tau 2024 campaign.

Pūteketeke? We'll take paketi thanks! Fish of the Year voting open

Experiencing Marine Reserve's annual Fish of the Year | Te Ika o te Tau competition aims to raise awareness for some of the issues our ika f

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Fish of the Year is run by the Experiencing Marine Reserves team (EMR) at Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust and is supported by many awesome organisations.