We had two DH114's with Air North, based at Rotorua. First one ZK-EJM I was type rated on 21/12/76, the second one has already appeared in this thread, ZK-BBM, although it looked a lot different than in the photo's shown, someone must have photo's of BBM when it was painted all over an orangey red colour with black on top of the nose and cockpit.
We were allowed to operate them single pilot VFR, but because of the lack of an Auto Pilot not legally IFR, but there were times when, due to circumstances etc etc.
Must have had three at one time, I have an ZK-EKO in the logbook as well, remember on of them came from Air Pacific, or maybe two of them. They did not require any heating systems up there so the systems were removed. This led to some very cold flights in the middle of winter, in the dead of night, NZAA-NZCH-NZAA with loads of freight. Remember one flight, raining very hard, windscreen, and other parts leaking copiously, the crash axe was used to put a drainage hole in the depression, heels for the use of, just below the rudder pedals before it had time to freeze ones feet to the deck.