An enormous pen collection is up for sale, bringing tears to the man who dedicated countless hours to his eccentric hobby.
John Trinder spent years amassing and sorting his collection of about 54,000 pens, which used to hang proudly in the garage of his Papamoa home.
But now that he's sold up and moved to a smaller house, the pen collection has to go.
"I'm hoping to sell it because we've got nowhere to hang them up, and they're no good sitting in a box," he said. "I'd rather sell them to someone who would put them up and enjoy them."