Must say there's good reason the MD 500 (and Hughes preceding) is so popular in NZ. I naturally gravitate to it when I have a yen to go offroad, it's nimble and manageable, and you can see out of it.
Cowansim, yes. It's not as complex as say, the study level HPG H145, but has enough operable bits to do whatever you might want. And at last count, something like 15 NZ liveries available!
Bonus picture from the same outing; the helicopter is down there somewhere