Islands of the Gulf - Motuihe and Motutapu

Rangitoto's literal translation is "bloody sky", in memory of the night three peaks pushed up from the ocean bed. 

– Presenter Shirley Horrocks on Rangitoto Island's history, early in this episode

I really don't know how to explain it — when I get away from the environment of Earth, it does something to me. I've often said jokingly that it turns all the atoms around in my body and makes me feel a new man.

– Captain Fred Ladd on his love of flying

In the war, the army took possession of Motutapu . . . There's very little more derelict than a modern place of war.

– Presenter Shirley Horrocks on the rusting WWII army barracks on Motutapu Island, late in this episode

Shirley, I think I love all the islands and if I'd been a retiring man, I could [have] probably retired to an island, but flying is for me to the end of time. I haven't got retirement on my plan.

– Captain Fred Ladd on his favourite Hauraki Gulf island

The islands of the Gulf may be large as a pre-war Balkan kingdom or no more than a jagged dogtooth of rock.

– An example of the evocative language used by presenter Shirley Horrocks, at the start of this episode