Hosted by the Rotary Club of Auckland, NZ, the internationally acclaimed World Press Photo Exhibition returns to New Zealand later this year, showcasing the best and most important photojournalism and documentary photography from around the globe. The exhibition, which presents the winning photographs of the prestigious annual World Press Photo Contest, will head to Tāmaki Makaurau from 26 July to 24 August.
Presented in more than 60 cities each year, the exhibition invites viewers to step outside the news cycle and think critically about important topics in our world. Key themes range from politics, gender and migration to conflict and the climate crisis.
This year, New Zealand is well represented. For the first time ever, a New Zealander was appointed as a judge. Julia Durkin MNZM – founder and CEO of the Auckland Festival of Photography – served on the judging panel for the Asia Pacific & Oceania regional winners, while Nelson-based photographer Tatsiana Chypsana was announced as the Asia Pacific & Oceania – Long Term Projects winner, with her powerful series Te Urewera – The Living Ancestor of Tūhoe People.
The 2025 global Photo of the Year winner and two runners-up have also been announced.
Runner Up, Droughts in the Amazon by Musuk Nolte (Panos Pictures, Bertha Foundation) is pictured.
A young man brings food to his mother who lives in the village of Manacapuru. The village was once accessible by boat, but because of the drought, he must walk two kilometres along the dry riverbed of the Solimões River to reach her. The Amazon River is experiencing record low-water levels due to severe drought intensified by climate change. This ecological crisis threatens biodiversity, disrupts ecosystems and impacts local communities reliant on rivers for survival. As droughts intensify, many settlers face the difficult choice of abandoning their land and livelihoods for urban areas, changing the social fabric of this region permanently. This project makes the effects of climate change, which can so often be abstract or difficult to represent, appear as a tangible and concrete reality shaping the futures of vulnerable communities closely connected with the natural world.
The Rotary Club of Auckland is pleased to announce they have a new home for 2025 thanks to the generosity of the owners of 131 Queen Street and the team at Krukziener Properties.
The exhibition will now be at 131 Queen Street. This is situated in the luxury retail precinct of Queen Street opposite Vulcan Lane and therefore nice and close to Britomart, the Ferry Terminal and the Downtown Carpark.
The exhibition is also going to Wellington, NZ, from 5 September to 5 October and will be held on the Ground Floor, TAKINA Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre – next to Te Papa – National Museum of New Zealand.
For more information visit worldpressphoto.org or worldpressphotoexhibitionauckland.co.nz or email rotaryauckland@gmail.com
Book tickets at www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/world-press-photo-auckland/auckland or call 0800 BUY TIX (289 849)