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Te Waihorotiu

Aotea

Stream water, then an organ cadence.

  • E-WS-C
  • Central family
  • Pūtōrino signature

Why Te Waihorotiu sounds like this

Water trickles, then the Town Hall organ comes in. The Waihorotiu stream once ran down the valley that became Queen Street, and it still flows in a pipe beneath it. The chime starts with the water under the street and rises to the organ above it: what was here first, then what the city built on top.

Inside the chime

Te Waihorotiu'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. 1

    Te Waihorotiu's own motif 3.3 s

    Stream water, then an organ cadence. No other station plays it.

  2. 2

    The Central family's pūtōrino 0.9 s

    A pūtōrino plays two notes, the second a fifth lower. It belongs to the four tunnel stations of the City Rail Link.

On the network

WaitematāTe WaihorotiuYou are hereKaranga-a-HapeMaungawhauParnellGrafton

The Central family

4 stations end on the pūtōrino: The four tunnel stations, Waitematā to Maungawhau.