One of the country's largest shopping malls has hired an extra Segway i2 Patroller from Segway New Zealand to cope with massive 2019/2020 Christmas Holiday trading hours and swelling numbers of customers. 'Te Segway' joins the management team located in the indoor mall building called Te Awa, at The Base mall in Hamilton. Security guards on Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) have been patrolling this site for the last decade.

Development at The Base was announced in 2002 (incidentally the year the Segway PT was launched to commercial operators such as police forces and commercial campuses). Once an NZ Air Force Base (hence the name), plans for this 29 hectares of land have always been driven by a very large vision. Today, the Te Awa shopping mall, surrounding outdoor strip mall, and sprawling commercial centre covers much of the full site. You can read more about the history of the land, original Maori inhabitants and current ownership, along with information about how this massive site continues to develop. There are a lot of great reasons to put security and first-responder staff onto Segway's two Patroller models (i2SE and x2SE) at large pubic sites, which is why this 'use case' is one of the largest market segments for Segway products worldwide. Here in New Zealand Segway PTs are widely deployed nationwide for event management, public safety (ambulance/first aid responders), traffic control and and by security guards. Search Segway NZ News for articles detailing many, many such examples over the years. Some of our previous stories about patrolling The Base on Segway PTs include: Armourguard clocks up 25km per day at The Base All-weather Segway Patrolling at The Base Update on Armourguard at The Base and Manukau Institute of Technology Segway Patrollers secure The Base and Coca-Cola Patroller at The Base clocks up 16,000km in 3 years (15km per day) ADT Armourguard rolls out first Segway Patroller at The Base