The worldwide Pokémon craze is showing no sign of abating, as eager hunters walk hundreds of kilometres to catch them all.
Construction foreman and Team Valor member Sonny Zhu was one of the first - perhaps the very first - to catch them all in New Zealand, after finishing on the 30th of July.
"It took me 22 or 23 days to collect the set," he says. "I spent my time down in Mission Bay to catch all 141."
He criticises previous inaccurate media reports regarding the first person in NZ to catch 141 Pokémon, saying he knows only two people who finished before him - although he's not sure they played fair.
"I actually know people who cheated in the game to catch all 141," Zhu says.
"You're only cheating yourself, there's no point."
A Pokémon fan since childhood, he runs the Mission Bay Pokémon Go Facebook page, and spends his free time helping others complete their Pokédex.
"I've helped a lot of people get to 141," he says. "I know at least 10 to 15 others who have finished it."
He says the Pokémon community is incredibly supportive.
"I've met a lot of great people since I started the page," he says.
"People bring their families out. It's really unexpected to see people helping other people out, and sharing tips and tricks."
It's taken a lot of time and walking to collect them all.
"I think when I finished the deck I was over 600km; 620 or 630km - it was a lot of walking," he says.
"Since I live a minute from Mission Bay, I can go five to six hours day after work playing with my friends there."
Some Pokémon were harder to find than others.
"For a lot of people, from experience it was Muk," he says.
"I was really lucky to get mine quite early. My last one was Porygon."
And Zhu explains the secret to catching them all.
"A lot of people figure out staying in one spot isn't the best idea," he says.
"But I stay on the eastern side of Auckland, and I manage to do quite well. It definitely takes luck and persistence."
He says he's planning on travelling overseas to find the regional specific ones.
"Yeah definitely, of course, I'll probably go to Asia next year, and of course Australia will be quite easy - but my job comes first," he says.
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