My week of Squirrel shooting

 Potted at Nelson was the Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Squirrel ZK-HPE4 c/n 4052.  
This on started as VH-ZRP2 in Australia in April 2006 and came to NZ for the Alpine Group from 10-08-2016.

Now listed to a 'Private Owner".

Below is the Helibras AS 350 B2 Equilo (sub species) ZK-HQN4 c/n 3620 which was once PP-MJG.

It joined the NZ register on 25-10-2016.

Also at Nelson was the Aerospatiale AS 350BA ZK-IOR c/n 1646 which arrived in NZ being ex N5800T and N28TM. It become ZK-HZR from 23-09-1986. 

It moved on to ZK-HST2 on 03-05-1993 and then to ZK-HWF3 on 18-06-2009.

It became ZK-IOR on 03-11-2014.

Over at Omaka I knocked off the following.

ZK-HFA2 c/n 9000 is an Aerospatiale B2 (FX) of Mid West Helicopters (NZ) Ltd of Whanganui.

This was XB-XQR between June of 1998 and its listing in NZ on 14-05-2001 with Helicopters (NZ) Ltd.

It was accompanied (below) by the Mid West Helicopters Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ZK-IDN2 c/n 3356 - previously N232LA and N886LP and one of Brian Comerford's many imports, being registered here on 20-09-2021.

Omaka based Eurocopter AS 350 B2 ZK-ITJ2 c/n 3547 was initially I-PAMR from July 2002 in Italy, then to Spain as EC-JPM, HK-4777 in Colombia and C-FLQF in Canada. Reaching the ZK register on 12-12-2017 via Oceania Aviation Ltd and now with Precision Helicopters.

Above we have the Marlborough Helicopters 2021 Ltd's Aerospatiale AS 350 B2 ZK-IMJ2 c/n 2115 which is ex XB-XSU and VH-VRW and joined Helicontrax Ltd of Christchurch on 20-02-2014.