Ahaura Helicopters was established by owner/operators Simon and Debbie Lawn in 1994 and have provided professional helicopter services to the West Coast and throughout the South Island since.
Our base is in Ahaura, 35km North East of Greymouth, West Coast on State Highway 7 heading towards Reefton. 1km east of Ahaura township.
We operate three helicopters – two Robinson R44’s and a Bell 206 Long Ranger – all helicopters are fully GPS equipped.
All pilots are very experienced in all aspects of flying with a combined flying time of over 28,000 hours and 57 years of flying all over the South Island.
Meet our pilots:
Simon Lawn – Chief Pilot
Simon began his flying career on the West Coast in 1993 and still enjoys providing professional helicopter services throughout the South Island.
Heath Bagnall – Pilot
Heath became involved with helicopters through Simon in the late 90's. He started full time work with the company in 2004, and then started commercially flying in 2007. Now Heath covers all aspects of the helicopter services provided.
Matt Rogatski – Pilot
Matt started working full time with the company as a loader driver in 2009. He started commercially flying in 2018 and covers all aspects of the helicopter services provided.
