Thanks for the advice, me and foreign languages don't generally mix, and believe me I have tried. Yes I know the minimum is 155 hours in the UK. I will go into more details with Phoenix Helicopter Academy when they have answered my last batch of questions.
I had forgot about Canada, but if I go the Foreign route NZ is looking the favourite, mainly because I have already been granted a working visa there for a year from entry. I will check Canada out thinks