Tony McFarlin was on the spot yesterday, June 2nd, to capture this image of the Alpine Group Ltd.'s Hughes 369D ZK-HOT8 c/n 1280415D parked outside the hangars on the Western Grass at Christchurch International Airport. This has been active in NZ since 1985 initially as ZK-HUW.

Over at the Christchurch Helicopters facility was their latest Airbus AS 350 B3 ZK-HWD4 c/n 8857 which was listed with them on 19-02-2025.

ZK-HWD now has a slightly amended paint scheme, compared with the 14-03-2025 photo.

SEE HERE for more on this airframe.