This'll be Danny Wilsons Wessex then.He has been fighting the CAA for years trying to get a Wessex 2 certified in the UK.......they just won't have it,quoting the previous military stresses,the lack of OEM support.and the fatal crash of a Bristow Mk 60 that ended the types civil career.
The NZ CAA followed the same line after a Mk 5 being used for logging crashed in New Zealand. Danny did manage to get an ex Ghana AF Wessex sold by Bristow flying in Ghana on gold runs quite a few years ago ,which is probably why this latest aircraft is registered there. It's being used for SAR at present in warm waters!