Just been in the South Island for a month. Self fly hire is getting hard to find due to high accident rates. The only place I found was Wanaka helicopters who would allow you to fly in the company of an FI, but no SFH.
Most companies seem to be using single Squirrels. Wanaka has R44 and R22. Perhaps we should all club together and base a chopper out there for private 'club' use....
It's a great place to fly and a damn shame there are so few places...if any to SFH.