Arriving at Ardmore on the afternoon of 10 November from Norfolk Island and Auckland was MBB BK117 B-2 VH-BKS (c/n 1065). The BK was noted flying from Port Vila to Noumea 08 November, then to Norfolk Island on the 9th.
The last helicopter to be delivered by air to NZ was also a BK117 and over the same route. VH-RLI was Port Vila to Noumea on 21 September 2011 and to Norfolk Island and Auckland on the 22nd.