New Zealand is generally very helicopter friendly and a great place to fly - lots of interesting terrain. Exchange rate at the moment gives great value for money as well compared to the UK.
However, just remember if you want to work your NZ CPL will be useless in the UK, and converting it will basically require you to do all the JAA exams and flying.
If you want to work in NZ, obviously you have to check out the legal situation. Highly unlikely unless you're from there originally or whatever. Even if that's the case, chance of you getting a job with raw CPL just a tad above zero unless you're prepared and legally able to stay in NZ and do hangar-rat type jobs for a year or two until you maybe land a flying position.
In the UK, after your CPL(H), you'll need 300 hours and an instructors rating to be in a position to look for work. Likelihood of any work off a straight CPL(H) with low hours again zilch basically.
Only proviso to that would be if the North Sea suddenly opened up again in a big way, but I wouldn't hold your breath!
If you already know all this stuff, then sorry
If not, then I hope it's a help. Not trying to put you off, just give you a realistic view of what the CPL actually means before you start spending your well-earned.
Good luck.
