Onetangi Bay,

Sitting in the sun on the beach at Onetangi Bay I watched a conventional launch, but they have James Bond type boats here too, called Sea Legs.They come up out of the water, drop down the wheels like an aircraft and drive up the beach and away up the road. I've missed the famous pohutakawa trees in bloom on the island, but the blue and white agapanthus covering the cliffs more than make up for it. Swimming across the bay in the early morning I noticed that the blue ones disappear from sight until you are nearer and in reach of the cliff.