Hon RON MARK: Well, that's a good question, because conditions for the helicopter crews were extremely challenging at times, with severe turbulence, dense smoke, dust storms, and electrical storms affecting flying conditions. Despite this, however, the crews and maintainers performed exceptionally and, with the exception of days when smoke and weather prevented flying, 100 percent of all missions allocated were flown. It is noteworthy that there was little to no respite between the return to New Zealand and redeployment of an NH-90 and crew down to Southland in response to the flooding down there. 