Our in-house New Zealand expert gave us a tip before announcing our nationwide launch: “if you make a Peter Jackson reference, I’m quitting.”

So we chucked our Tolkien in the rubbish and stabbed our rugby balls to death and beggared our ambassador for an embargo on kiwi (both kinds) in the hopes of inoculating our blog post from cliché and/or gratuitous cultural reference-dropping. How are we doing so far?

Hi. We’re Transit. 👋📱

If you’re a Mainlander who rides Metro this will be a pertinent post. Our app Transit is the choice of commuters in 175+ cities. Millions of them use Transit to get real-time ETAs, service disruptions, step-by-step directions, schedules, and to find/hail/pay for ridehail, bikeshare, carshare and public transport.

It’s the most powerful app for car-free commuting in North America, Europe, and Australia. Now it’s available in your rugged Pacific paradise — not just in Timaru, but Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga, and Wellington too.

Let’s dig in.