Fine feathers got a soaking at the annual "Birdman" wharf jump as human-powered flying machines took a dip.
Giant human seagulls, elaborate wooden flying machines and men with intricate patchwork feathers propelled themselves from the Murrays Bay wharf on Saturday.
The festival-like competition at the bay, on Auckland's North Shore, saw dozens try to win the top prize - to "fly" the furthest distance off the end of the wharf into the sea.
The first Birdman event was in 1971 on the coast of Sussex, England as a fundraiser for the Royal Air Forces Association.