Foreign Choppers at Ardmore - UPDATED

Continuation of a post made on 12 May 2017:

Airbus Helicopters Ltd EC145 (aka BK117 C-2) N145UH was observed arriving at Ardmore 15 May 2017 and after reassembly by Airbus it departed 29 May 2017 for Whanganui, Omaka, Rangiora and Queenstown. Its journey south indicates its participation with the making of the movie "Mission Impossible 6".


As mentioned below, Eurocopter A350B3 N322AH arrived in early May and it flew to Queenstown 25 May via Whanganui and Omaka. It has since been noted on numerous occasions via Flightradar 24 operating in the Central Otago district.
It is not unusual to have foreign registered helicopters at Ardmore with numerous imports/exports, however for the record keepers out there:

Airbus EC145 N145LL has been a regular visitor to NZ since winter 2015 when it arrived in the region on board super yacht "Senses". It has spent considerable time housed with Airbus Helicopters, Ardmore, and just last month was operating in French Polynesia - it sure gets around! It turned up at Ardmore again just a few days ago.

Another N registered Airbus has turned up at Ardmore - this time an AS350B3 N322AH. This 2016 example is reportedly in the country to support the making of "Mission Impossible:  6" and was noted being air freighted from Heathrow to Dubai late April. Perhaps it was delivered to Auckland on board the recent IL76 visitor??