Open Section – judge Cilla McQueen
Prizes: 1st prize NZ$500, 2nd prize NZ$250, 3rd prize NZ$100. No entrant will win more than 1 cash prize. Up to 20 Commendations.

Open Junior Section – judge Joanna Preston
Prizes: (Open only to entrants who are 17 years of age or younger on 31 May 2017) First Prize: NZ$200. Primary/Intermediate Runner-up: NZ$50; Secondary Runner-up NZ$100. No entrant will win more than 1 cash prize. Up to 20 Commendations.

Haiku Section – judge Sandra Simpson
Prizes: The top five haiku/senryu will be awarded NZ$100 each. Up to 20 commendations. No entrant will win more than 1 cash prize, except that the 1st prize winner will be awarded the additional Jeanette Stace Memorial Prize of $150.

Junior Haiku Section – judge Nola Borrell
Open to entrants who are 17 years of age or younger on 31 May 2017.
Prizes: Primary/Intermediate: three prizes of NZ$50; Secondary: three prizes of NZ$50. Up to 20 commendations. No entrant will win more than 1 cash prize, except that the best of the two 1st prize winners will be awarded the additional Jeanette Stace Memorial Prize of $100.

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