When people see Naresh Kumar riding a tandem bike alone along Northland's roads they wonder if he's left a friend behind.
But the extra seat on his bike is for picking up strangers and it's all for a good cause.
Sitting on the front seat of his tandem bicycle named Kindness Mr Kumar left Cape Reinga on Sunday to head to the Bluff. The back seat is reserved for strangers he wants to join him on his ride to raise awareness and funds for #standwithher which is Tearfund's campaign to stop human trafficking.
"There were so many people at Cape Reinga and I wanted to start with a rider and there was this English guy there. I asked if he could take a photo of me in front of the sign and he said 'I think you left your partner'," he said.
Mr Kumar told the man, named Michael, what he was doing and asked if he would ride with him on the first leg of his journey and Michael agreed. He rode 20km with Mr Kumar while Michael's his wife followed them in a campervan and at the end Michael gave Mr Kumar a "generous donation".