See the best of Stewart Island from the stark granite peaks of Pegasus, the jagged Ruggedy Mountain Range, with opportunities to land on some of the most remote beaches in New Zealand.
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See the best of Stewart Island from the stark granite peaks of Pegasus, the jagged Ruggedy Mountain Range, with opportunities to land on some of the most remote beaches in New Zealand.
Zane Smith of Rakiura (Stewart Island) in New Zealand’s deep south is passionate about two things – helicopters and the island he has always called home. He’s a sixth generation Stewart Islander and now, thanks to his hard work and dedication, he brings the two together in his new company, Rakiura Helicopters Ltd, which boasts a shiny blue Hughes 500E helicopter.
Operating a safe helicopter service for tourist, hunters, fishermen, trampers, photographers and mutton birders. He can get to anywhere on the island in twenty-five minutes or less; and there isn’t an inch of Rakiura that he doesn’t know. “I’ve dived in every bay and there isn’t a piece of coastline or beach that I haven’t swum around,” he says.
Rakiura Helicopters Ltd, 151 Main Road, Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island/rakiura, Southland, New Zealand.
By Peta Bamber