There’s a perfectly good airstrip a few hundred metres from this beach…

The Dome, near Patoka, a place that can quickly turn your life upside down

Ian Sowman built this Subaru-powered Zodiac in his Napier garage

… and there’s plenty of it!

A major feature is Te Waka, west of Napier (which is somewhere under those clouds)

Active volcano and highest peak in the North Island, seen from Tecnam Super Echo KMA

Not for the faint-hearted pilot (or pet – unless it’s Damon Wise’s dog named Sue)

… as seen from Tecnam Sierra KFA