Eight-year-old Amelia Abbott says she's not sure whether she wants to be an artist or a soccer player when she grows up, but here at Google, we're definitely lobbying for artist. Amelia's beautiful entry into the 2009 Doodle 4 Google competition was picked by Google's original Doodler, Dennis Hwang, to appear on the Google homgepage for a whole day in 2010.


More than 40,000 Kiwis cast their votes to help us find four age group winners:
Years 1-3: Amelia Abbott, Hampden Street School, Nelson
Years 4-6: Abigail Sadlier, Awapuni School, Gisborne
Years 7-8: Sophie Arnold, Fairfield Intermediate School, Hamilton
Year 9-10: Emily Fountain, Epsom Girls Grammar, Auckland.


To our wonderfully talented 20 winners and their families from across New Zealand who joined us at Te Papa last Thursday - thank you for making it such a special day, and congratulations again on your wonderful achievement.

Visitors to Te Papa can view these winning doodles in the 'Our Space' area as well as on the giant Our Space TelstraClear screen on the outside of the complex next to Te Papa’s main entrance, for the rest of the year.

Posted by Annie Baxter, Google New Zealand