I agree with Big Mike you would get a lot more Blackhawks for the money ,but the Kiwi's have had closer ties with the Europeans than Australia, after all the Kiwi's are known as South Sea Island Poms!!
and to take the bait from AWBD and Chinook!!!!
when I was at 9 Sqn in 1989 we still had 8 Blackhawks with Air Force on the side (started painting ARMY on them after Valentines day Feb 89) and 5 Sqn and 35 Sqn had RAAF helos for at least another year!!!!
but thats all ancient history now you can't change things even if it's wrong