I personally think New Zealand is the best country in the world and couldnt think of a better country on the plant to live in!!!(but im probably a little biased). As you probably know we are not a huge country so a really couldnt tell you how many real helis there are here, but I would say quite a few. Tourism is a major part of our economy so helis play a large part in this. Also our terrain can be a bit wild so once again helis play a large part in the commercial side of this. My boss is currently going for his heli pilots licence as he want to buy his own to play in so there must be a few. There have been two heli accidents in the last week here which have been quite high profile with both of them not yet found. Being a heli pilot apparently you dont need to file a flight log so they are not exactly sure the path they were taking. Both were privatly owned. There has been major searches for them but unfortunity because of all the native bush and wide open spaces it makes it hard. If you need any other info place sent me an email or whatever. More than willing to help.
Cheye