Pam and Arthur Davis, of Waterloo, hold a copy of their son Richard’s entry in the Bring Your Heart Home competition.

The couple are hoping their son, who hasn’t been back to New Zealand in five years, will get the most votes and win the competition’s prize, a return flight home. Pam says her son is completing the final year of his PhD in theology in Edinburgh. “Scotland’s capital has pretty overcast weather, so we’d love him to come home for Christmas to replenish his vitamin D!”