Back in the day when Air NZ domestic was called NAC and F27s were the flavour of the day, once flew AKL-WRE (about 160km ATCF) with a captain who had a holiday place somewhere up the coast. We got a non-stop description of the coast, where the best fishing spots are, who he suspected of raiding his crayfish pots, who does the best fish and chips, things you have to see without a break. The Gummint should have hired him away at a mega salary and made him tourism minister.