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New Zealand's "first electric plane" is being launched today at Christchurch airport.
The plane is a battery-electric two-seat light sport aircraft manufactured by Slovenian aircraft company Pipistrel and had begun demonstration flights from Christchurch.
ElectricAir founder Gary Freedman, who brought the plane to New Zealand, said he got the idea to trial an electric plane in New Zealand in 2016.
"I was driving an electric car but flying a petrol plane - it just wasn't good enough," he said.