A small gesture has set off a chain reaction of kindness in Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
The owners of t bay cafe took to Facebook to describe the "weird and wonderful" event, in which one customer decided to "pay it forward", leading to several others choosing to anonymously pay for other patron's bills in the cafe.
The customer who unknowingly set off the chain of kindness had her meal paid for by her dining companion. She decided to anonymously pay the tab for a nearby table, where a mum was sitting with her baby.
Upon realising her tab was paid for, that mum decided to pay it forward as well, footing the bill for another one of the tables in the cafe.