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Becki Moss

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NZ Geographic Photographer of the Year 2023
Member: @womenphotograph & @allisforall
Alumnus: @eddieadamsworkshop @foundryphoto, @mophotoworkshop

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Last week I felt like I was dropped into another planet, that planet being my first ever experience of an American football game... it took me at least 30mins to figure out what was happening. I needed to figure it out quickly though as covering the game between New Paltz highschool and Liberty high school was my assignment for The Eddie Adams Workshop.
As someone who never photographs sports, this was a steep and very fast learning curve and I'm incredibly grateful to the support of my Yellow team faculty for their support and guidance; @maddiemeyer2 , @atraut , @acullenphoto and @al_drago . I also couldn't have done it without having the rare opportunity (for myself in my line of work) to watch other photographers at work and every single person on my team was incredible to watch work and it helped build my confidence! Thank you also to @boatcloak for the emotional support and pushing me to get past my self-doubt and get closer to the action.

Thank you to @canonusa and their team for lending some wonderful gear that I can't (yet) afford but fell in love with! by @beckimoss_

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Emily & Henry | Cape Runaway | 2026 by @beckimoss_

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Photos for The Guardian's story "The rural towns fighting for survival as New Zealand grapples with a growing exodus". In November 2025, Eva Corlett and I spent a few days in Ohākune and Raetihi, speaking with whānau, Ngāti Rangi, real estate agents and community members who had been affected by the sawmill closure a year prior, as well as the changing face of tourism in the area with climate change affecting the snow season on Mt Ruapehu and the closure of The Chateau Tongariro.

"Ruapehu is emblematic of the question facing New Zealand: how to prevent rural regions – and the country at large - from hollowing out" - Eva Corlett

Thank you to Carly Earl @piceditor.theguardian.au for the edit and ongoing support. by @beckimoss_

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Jaxon is the second youngest of the seven Czepanski kids. These photos were captured on the night of his younger brother, Deejay's, 11th birthday celebration. In 2022, I got to spend a year documenting Jaxon at 14 years old as part of 'Being Teen', a year-long project by New Zealand Geographic and funded by NZ On Air, where the lives of nine teenagers across Aotearoa were captured. It was a privilege for me to photograph three of the nine teenagers: Jaxon, Ceejay and Vidi, as well as to be working on a project alongside other photographers I admire so greatly: @lottiehedleyphoto, @tatsiana_chypsanava @cornelltukes and @edith_amituanai . by @beckimoss_

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Forestry slash in Tairāwhiti / May 2026

Reporting by Steve Urlich and Alex Williamson for The Conversation and published on RNZ explains the damage that this slash can do to the environment especially during climate-change related weather events:

"When Cyclone Gabrielle tore through New Zealand's Tairāwhiti region in 2023, it left behind more than silt and floodwaters. Rivers were choked with forestry debris, beaches littered with logs, and homes, bridges and farmland buried under tonnes of forestry slash swept down from hillsides.
The scale of the impacts - to infrastructure, livelihoods, ecosystems and to Māori kaitiakitanga (guardianship), and the loss of life - triggered widespread public outrage, with a ministerial inquiry launched soon after.
This led to new rules requiring foresters to better manage harvest debris on steep slopes and reduce the risk of slash being swept away in floods.
Now, the rulebook is being rewritten again, with the government proposing changes to the National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (NES-CF). This would allow foresters to leave more slash in areas considered lower risk.
Detailed government guidance on managing slash risk is still being developed, in a process which will limit opportunity for public input. At the same time, the reforms curtail councils' ability to impose tougher restrictions to address the risks of slash.
This all points to an obvious question: have Gabrielle's lessons for forestry management been learned? Our newly published research suggests that, even before these latest policy changes, they have not." by @beckimoss_

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A small photo essay of two nights monitoring the pekapeka-tou-roa (NZ long-tailed bat) with the Department of Conservation in March 2018.

I have been spending a lot of time trawling through my archives over the last few weeks, and I've come across work that sat in harddrives and ignored for years yet in hindsight I'm really proud of. by @beckimoss_

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This is one of my favourite photos of my Mum and my little sister. Taken about 15 years ago when I was a teenager.

circa. 2011 by @beckimoss_

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Outtakes from a fun assignment for The Guardian, written by Eva Corlett, featuring Jefferson Chen and Quentin Lind and their project 'Fresh Laundry'.

"Tucked between a tiny restaurant and a small supermarket on Auckland’s colourful Karangahape Road, a laundromat doubling as a music installation offers customers a chance to listen to tunes while their washing completes a cycle.

It is the work of 34-year-old Auckland musician Jefferson Chen and artist Quentin Lind, 32. The pair chose a laundromat – rather than a gallery or online – to share their music while also serving another function: bringing together people from different walks of life.

“It’s really easy to exist online and not have these connections, and we’re also slowly losing our public spaces,” Lind tells the Guardian.

Getting people together is a topic of increasing concern in New Zealand, where social cohesion is fraying across every key measure. A report on cohesion that the Helen Clark Foundation released in May found financial stress, falling trust in government, and rising isolation are driving growing disconnection across the country of 5.3 million people." - Eva Corlett taken in Karangahape Road by @beckimoss_

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Kizzy on the phone with her boyfriend under the stars while we were sharing a room with our Mum over summer in the DoC accommodation at Marahau. A summer spet a few minutes walk from the golden beaches at the entrance of The Abel Tasman and across the fence from friend and photographer @stormtuiva. February 2017. by @beckimoss_

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A few soft portraits with Lydia the other morning in Maungawhau, Tāmaki Makaurau. It was special to be able to go out and take photos for the sake of it, vs for an assignment or commercial work.

It was nice to spend a sunny, crisp morning with Lydia and the local pigeons that she and her partner feed every morning.

Lydia is also one of my favourite Aotearoa musicians and it was a joy to relisten to her music while editing these. I first met Lydia in 2013 and in the interim 13 years have had the privilege of photographing her in Germany, Australia and various parts of Aotearoa, NZ. by @beckimoss_

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Scenes from a few weeks in Denmark in November 2017.

1) Aarhus
2) Copenhagen
3) Stevns Klint - a historical geological site of 15km of coastal cliffs where I was able to see evidence of the impact of the Chicxulub meteorite that crashed into the planet at the end of the Cretaceous period, about 65 million years ago. With a line showing the record of the cloud of ash being visible on the cliff side. Scientists think that this impact caused the largest mass extinction event ever and was responsible for the disappearance of over 50 per cent of all life on Earth. by @beckimoss_

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On a July evening in Alexandra, a small town in New Zealand’s South Island, the temperature is a chilly 3C. While most of the town is in quiet darkness, at Ice Inline Molyneux Park, the lights are on, and the banter is abundant. It’s a social curling night, and the shouts of “sweeeep!” can be heard from the car park. Players from teams with names such as the “Plonkers”, “Too Dam Cold” and “Doome and Broom” gather on the outdoor ice rink, sweeping furiously as 11kg curling stones move across the ice.

Crampit, or outdoor curling, is a sport that dates back to the 1500s in Scotland, where it was traditionally played on frozen lochs. Curling was brought to Central Otago in New Zealand by Scottish goldminers, and was a way to pass the time when the water was frozen and they couldn’t work. The first reported curling game in the region was held in 1878.

In these rural communities, many people are involved with the sport. Players come from across Central Otago to play in Alexandra and also Naseby. They lead busy lives, mostly in agriculture. Ken Gillespie, a semi-retired sheep and beef farmer from Oturehua, says “often the only time you see these people is when you’re on the ice”.
Each curling club has its own colours or tartan, and players wear corresponding tam-o’-shanters (jimmy hats) as well as a matching woollen jumper. Many of these clubs have been around for more than 100 years.

They are making sure the passion for the sport gets passed to the next generation.
Bruce Kissel was introduced to curling in the 1990s and has been playing ever since. For nearly two decades, Kissel has also been coaching children from local primary schools. Each season, about 1,500 children learn the basics of the sport. He hopes these programmes will pass the rules and love of the game on to young people “so that it is not lost through time”.

I loved photographing and writing this story for @guardian @guardianaustralia .
Thank you to @piceditor.theguardian.au for accepting my pitch and for the photo edit and Virginia Harrison for the text edit and support.

(Captions in comments) taken in Central Otago by @beckimoss_

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