Daffodil Festival

The competition runs 1 August to 30 August 2024 and is a celebration of our Carterton Daffodil Festival.

There are three age categories:

• 5 years to 10 years
• 11 years to 14 years
• 14 years to 18 years

What is required – create your best Daffodil Festival poem and win prizes.

Prizes
Each age category will have a first and second place. First and second place will win the honour of having their poem printed and displayed at a prominent point during the Daffodil Festival.

First place will also win:

• 5 years to 10 years – (2 adults and 2 children to Messy Magic Adventure or the Pantaloons – Winnie the Poo (October at the Carterton Event Centre)
• 11 years to 14 years – a family pass (2 adults and 2 children to Messy Magic Adventure or the Pantaloons – Winnie the Poo (October at the Carterton Event Centre)
• 14 years to 18 years – 2 * student passes to Be Like Billy (Weds 18 Sept at the Carterton Event Centre)

How to Enter

• Complete the entry form with your details and poem and email to competitions@cdc.govt.nz before 4pm on Friday 30 August 2024. Or print the form and drop off to the Carterton Events Centre, 50 Holloway St.
• One entry per person.

Terms and Conditions

• The promoter is Carterton District Council whose registered office is at 50 Holloway Street
• The competition is open to residents of Carterton, aged up to / including 18 years old. Children of CDC staff are ineligible to enter.
• There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
• By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
• Only one entry will be accepted per person. Multiple entries from the same person will be disqualified.
• Closing date for entry will Friday 30 August, 2024. After this date, no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
• No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
• The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
• The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
• The prize is as stated, and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prizes cannot be exchanged for cash. Prizes are subject to availability, and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
• The winner will be notified by email within 7 days of the closing date. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
• The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected.
• The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry.
• The winners agree that they give the rights to publish their poem to Carterton District Council for printing on core flute and displaying during Daffodil Festival.
• The poem must reference the word Daffodil or Daffodils and be less than 100 words