What started as buying a few flags for his children's fort has turned into an impressive collection for Vic Longley.
The retired insurance broker has about 130 flags.
It was about 35 years ago when the family lived in Roslyn the Longley children wanted a flagpole for their fort, so Vic bought some small flags.
When Longley and his wife Eileen moved to their current property near Ashhurst about 20 years ago, they brought with them about 25 flags.
Longley has two flagpoles and always flies the New Zealand flag from the one on the right-hand side of his house. The family crest flag was flying on the other pole the day the Guardian visited.