It's been a long time coming and not without heartache but the backbone of the NZ HEMS fleet is no longer 35 year old BK117s (regardless of them being upgraded). At a time when budgets across the world are stretched, we should commend NZ Health/ NZ Ambulance for this relatively seismic shift in 5 years.
A tender is expected soon in line with the April white paper which the NZ Health published but how this changes the rather odd model of franchises is still on the table.