Te Mahia
Drips into a bucket.
- S-CSouth-City line
- South family
- Brass signature
Why Te Mahia sounds like this
The last of a shower patters on a tin roof, then drips plink into a bucket, tuned to a chord. Māhia means an indistinct sound, and Te Mahia is one of the quietest stations on the network, which locals petitioned to save when closure was proposed in 2013. The chime is a small, homely sound to match: rain easing off and drips ringing in a bucket.
Inside the chime
Te Mahia's chime runs about 4 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
Te Mahia's own motif 3.2 s
Drips into a bucket. 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.