The links on the page above make quite interesting reading especially regarding the removal of Flight Information services at the airfield a few years ago.
One of the links is actually about an unrelated incident involving another New Zealand chopper the following day and a
really impressive bit of flying (25 minutes over mountainous country without a tail rotor in a Robinson R44). I am sweating just thinking about it!
See
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/4406001a6479.htmlAnd then the guy was cool enough to go out on a rescue flight later the same day!
See
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3918828They make 'em tough in New Zealand!