Manukau
Log drums and ukulele.
- E-WEast-West line
- South family
- Brass signature
Why Manukau sounds like this
Light log drums alternate high and low under a strummed ukulele. Manukau is the centre of South Auckland and of its Pacific communities, and log drums and ukulele are the sound of their festivals and church halls. It's the eastern end of the East-West line, so the chime sends you off with a celebration.
Inside the chime
Manukau's chime runs about 5 seconds, in three parts. Every station's chime ends on its family's signature, so you can tell roughly where you are by ear.
- 1
Manukau's own motif 2.6 s
Log drums and ukulele. No other station plays it.
- 2
The South family's brass 0.8 s
A short brass note, then a longer one a fourth higher. With 21 stations, Grafton and Parnell down to Pukekohe and Manukau, it is the largest family.
- 3
The end-of-line bell 1.5 s
Manukau is the end of the East-West line. On that line's trains its chime finishes with a bell, to tell you this is as far as the train goes.
On the network
- Puhinui
Towards Swanson
End of line