On Sunday around 150 vintage cars embarked on the final stage of their journey to mark the centenary of the first car trip between Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook.
The drivers set off from Lake Tekapo on Saturday, the same day as 100 years previously, when Rodolph Wigley and John Rutherford arrived at the Hermitage hotel at Mount Cook after driving for four and a half days.
Leading the rally was a 1902 De Dion, thought to be one of the original cars to make the trip.
Its driver Brian Thomas says even driving the vintage car it is difficult to imagine what that trip would have been like.
The remaining cars followed behind in date order, with participants dressed in period costume befitting the age of their car.
Richard Wigley, whose father took part in the first journey, says Rodolph Wigley had an adventurous spirit and cars were a big part of his upbringing.
