Design a limited-edition Te Matapihi ki te Ao Nui Central Library card!
We’re reopening next year and to mark the occasion we want your original te taiao | nature themed artwork. The chosen library card designs will be used by thousands of Wellingtonians!
Get creative with your paints, collage, prints, pencils, keyboard and more.
The competition is open to all ages in two categories – 13 years and under, 14 years and over.
The competition is open from 20 June to 20 July.
On top of having the artwork chosen for the membership cards, which will be seen and used by thousands of Wellingtonians, the winner of each age group will also receive a $100 Unity Books voucher.
Submit your entry
- pick up your paper form and template at any branch of Wellington City Libraries
- online by filling in the form below (see file format and specs below)
Terms and conditions
Please make sure you have read and understood all the terms and conditions before entering:
- one entry per person (using an online or physical entry form – available at libraries)
- you must live in the Wellington region
- winners must be able to come to Wellington, at their own cost, for the presentation ceremony*.
- entries received after midnight on 20 July will not be included
- your personal data will not to be used for anything other than this competition
- all digital formats are accepted, please include vectors as appropriate, 2MB minimum size, landscape orientation. We are not accepting photographic or AI generated entries.
- physical entries can be any media, as long as it is landscape orientation, reproduces well (entries are scanned, final design will be a maximum of 8.5cm x 5.5cm) and is applied to the entry form. They are not returnable and will not be kept following judging.
- artwork may be used on other collateral, including but not limited to: website, posters, digital and print media. It may also be used fully or in part in other designs.
- artwork has not been previously published and is original.
*the timing and location of the presentation ceremony is to be confirmed but will likely be around August/September 2025. We will advise winners once confirmed.