INSIDE NEW ZEALAND D'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE

TWENTY-THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOST WITHOUT A TRACE

- By Emma Levett

It's the mystery that has confused aviation experts for more than 60 years: what happened to New Zealand's infamous Dragonfly plane? The plane disappeared in 1962 above an area of rough terrain where five other aircraft have since gone missing.

Only one of those planes has ever been found which has led many to question if the country has its own Bermuda Triangle.

"I warn people who start reading about the disappearance that they risk getting Dragonfly fever," local author Richard Waugh tells New Idea.

"People like a mystery.

It's one that's been part of my life since I was a boy." Richard was five when the disaster happened.

His father, Captain Brian Waugh, was close friends with the Dragonfly's pilot, Brian Chadwick.

"They served in the Royal Air Force in World War II and then flew together as charter pilots in the north of England after the war," Richard says.