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Ōtāhuhu

Pātē and handclaps.

  • E-WS-C
  • South family
  • Brass signature

Why Ōtāhuhu sounds like this

A quick, high pātē pattern with handclaps on the off-beats, ending on one lower strike. Ōtāhuhu stands on the narrowest neck of the isthmus, where waka were once hauled between the Tāmaki River and the Manukau Harbour. It's still a meeting place, now one of the hearts of Auckland's Pacific communities, and the East-West and South-City lines meet here.

Inside the chime

Ōtāhuhu's chime runs about 3 seconds, in two parts. Every station's chime ends on its family's signature, so you can tell roughly where you are by ear.

  1. 1

    Ōtāhuhu's own motif 2.3 s

    Pātē and handclaps. No other station plays it.

  2. 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.

On the network

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The South family

21 stations end on the brass: Parnell down to Pukekohe and Manukau, plus Grafton.