On the 9th the NIWA troopers did a fault fixing trip up to the alpine weather station on Mount Philistine using the Anderson Helicopters ZK-HKA.
Above - parked beside highway 73 - the Otira Highway.
ZK-HKA squirreling into the snow - so to speak - in its newish colour scheme.
See Philistine and ZK-HKA without the snow at :-