Shiver me timbers, there were plenty of pirates - or at least people who talked like them - in Northland for international Talk Like A Pirate Day.
For the event on Friday adults and children dressed up as pirates and put on their best pirate voice, with several events to celebrate the day held around Northland.
Participants embraced the rolling of their "arrs" and the wearing of hats, eye patches, stripes and other buccaneering paraphernalia in the spirit of a day dedicated to talking like a pirate.
Six-year-old Claudia Friend was in full pirate costume to help celebrate the occasion at the Whangarei Central Library.
"I walked the plank and I got a chocolate coin," she said.
Children could find out what their pirate name was with the pirate name generator at the library and those who spoke with a pirate accent won chocolate coin "booty".
Sue Scott, the children's services librarian, was among staff at the library to dress up as a buccaneer and greeted people at the library with an, "aha, me hearties".
Other events were held at Storytime Book Store and Onerahi Kindergarten among other venues.
Talk Like a Pirate Day is held each year on September 19 around the world and it is possible for people to switch their Facebook page to "pirate mode".