Yes, HMA is a good VPN for performance but not for privacy. Performance-wise, it supports Netflix and torrenting in New Zealand, uses AES-256 encryption, and provides users with dynamic IP addresses.
However, privacy-wise, the company is situated in a Five Eyes nation and the VPN only has a kill switch on Windows, Mac, and Android devices.
HMA does not offer a kill switch feature on iOS, Linux, routers, etc. So if the user loses connection to the VPN on such devices, their web activity could be made public.