Like the Back End of a Bus

Auckland has some pretty cool buses. This is a Waka Pacific Bus which serves Counties Manukau in South Auckland. "Waka" is Maori for canoe and I'm embarassed to say that this is the only brand of bus that we've actually used.


Here's a North Shore bus representing the bright blue skies and yellow sands of the East Coast Bay. You can see the volcanic peak of Rangitoto, lots of pohutukawa


And finally, this bus goes west. It features a pink tui (not seen in the wild - these wattled birds tend to be black) and the appropriately yellow bloom of the kowhai.


For comparison purposes, here are some buses from the old days, found at MOTAT, the Museum of Transport and Technology...