So what is up with this you would have to ask? This more well known flight around the East Cape & Gisborne is well summarized by Blackbeard Tactical from Youtube who captured part of that one bizarre flight around the region & has included some of the feedback/explanation given by those concerned. I’ve added other images & flight tracks now circulating on social media, small planes flying grid patterns. What are they doing at this critical time?
Below are three images supplied by two different people, taken in Gisborne towards dusk on the evening prior to the lockdown.

This plane below here was flying back and forth for 5 hours over Dunedin on March 25 from 1030am – 320pm.

Below is the Manawatu on 26 March 2020.

Below: “Rotorua (NZ times are usually top left as main tool bar states UTC >> in this case however the times are wrong, they should read 841am-1245pm as I was there in real time so know this)” (supplier’s info).

For perspective & the bigger picture… below …” note how it also says traveling from N/A – N/A” (N/A means not applicable).

Below are photos captured over Wellington:
And here is another over the Horowhenua just came to light, at this stage I don’t have the date …

Perhaps someone can offer their expertise on the small plane scenarios. I’ve heard two reports historically like this from NZers who observed days & weeks of this grid type flying. In one of those areas gold mining has resulted. Either way it is all quite bizarre on the eve of a national lockdown based on health reasons. On that note I’m also hearing reports of a strong chemical smell in the air. That of course is not unusual as folk who have been observing these trails over a long time will concur. I have smelled it myself.
The other anomaly I see is the lack of protection by the authorities. The NZ Police are patrolling the streets with no protective gear and walking and driving closer than two meters apart. What’s with that? It is like the 30K troops out in Europe with no protective gear either. Go figure. EWR

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