Advice to 609FC
IMHO.
There is an APPARENT shortage of EXPERIENCED pilots in NZ. There are some jobs that have not been filled after some months. The reason is that for the first time in perhaps fifteen to twenty years there is a global shortage of experience. That's longer than many of the employers in NZ have been in the industry. They are slow adapting to the fact that the skills market is now against them and pilots choose to look elsewhere.
What's next? Either conditions will improve (too late for some) or experience demands will lower. That will be good for those wishing to get a start. However that will continue to perpetuate the NZ cycle - get started, get experienced, get out if you can. This applies to other vocations as well.
Kiwi pilots sometimes get a bagging by pilots from other nations for lowering condition standards elsewhere. That's probably justified to a degree. It stems from the poorer conditions that are accepted in NZ. Almost anything elsewhere is probably an improvement and hence it appears that a Kiwi will work harder for less than others are prepared to. Sad that it happens, but it all stems from too many helicopters, too little work, and too many enthusiastic pilots. What appears to be a willingness to work for less in the eyes of others is money for jam in the eyes of a Kiwi.
So 609FC, depending just what your 2500 hrs experience encompasses you might get a job in NZ. But, accept that you would be there for personal reasons other than making a good living as a pilot. You would do better as a helicopter pilot almost anywhere else.