Take part in the annual Fish of the Year | Te Ika o Te Tau competition – aiming to raise awareness for some of the issues our awesome ika face and teach people about the incredible biodiversity in our freshwater and marine environments.
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 in a photo of your colouring-in sheet to go in the draw to win some jaw-some Fish of the Year prizes!
In 2024 the winner was The spotty | pateki – who will it be this year? Meet the nominees here: www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fishoftheyear/meet-the-fish.
For more information, including activities, and to vote: www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish #FOTY.
Vote for your three favourite fish by 16 March 2025.
Related content
Explore our varied resources on New Zealand's freshwater fish – note that many of these resources are in both te reo Māori and English.
Use Spyfish Aotearoa citizen science project to discover, count and identify fish species that live within our marine reserves.
Explore our marine science resource in Investigating life in the sea – introduction.
Explore the range of resources we have under our fish and freshwater topics.
