Go far with a proximity chip. Haere ki wīwī ki wāwā mā te proximity chip (roroiti rongowhakatata).
[September 2010] If you live in Wellington and travel by bus you probably own a Snapper card and use it to pay your fare. You may also use it to pay for coffees, snacks and other small items.
A Snapper card looks just like a credit card, but without the magnetic strip or raised type. It is the same size, shape and thickness, and is also made of plastic.
Inside though is some very high-powered technology. Really it works like a tiny computer.
Ina noho ai, eke pahi ai rānei koe ki Poneke, kaore e kore he kāri Snapper tāu ki te utu i tō ekenga pahi. Kei te whakamahia anōtia hoki pea e koe te kāri nei ki te utu i tō kawhe, i tō paramanawa rānei.
He ōrite tonu te āhua o te kāri Snapper ki tērā o te kāri nama, i tua atu i te rārangi aukume me te tu whēteitei mai o ngā pū. He pērā anō te nui, te hanga, me te mātotoru hoki i te kāri nama, he kirihou hoki ia.
ēngari he hangarau hihiko rawa atu kei roto i a ia. He pērā ki te rorohiko iti.
A proximity chip
Inside the card is a tiny computer chip and an aerial. It works in conjunction with a reader. When you touch your card against the reader, the reader supplies power to the chip and exchanges a lot of information with the card.
Among other things the reader tells your Snapper card where you got on or off the bus, and deducts the amount of the fare from the balance stored on your card.
You can read the full details about what it is and how it works at the Snapper website.
Now this isn't actually an advertisement for Snapper. Instead I want to point out a new technology that is becoming part of our daily lives.
He roroiti rongowhakatata
I rō kāri nei he chip (roroiti rorohiko) me tōnā pou irirangi. Kei te mahi tahi te roroiti me te kairīti. Ka whakapāngia ana te kāri ki te kairīti, ka whakahihiko ai te kairīti i te kāri, ka whakawhitiwhiti mohiotanga tētahi ki tētahi.
Hei tāpiri atu, kei te whakamōhio atu te kairīti ki tō kāri Snapper i nā hea koe piki ai, heke ai i te pahi, kei te utu hoki ia i te nama mo tō ekenga pahi.
Kei te āhei koe ki te rapu i ngā tohutohu, i ngā kōrero whānui e pā ana ki te kāri nei i te pae tukutuku Snapper: http://www.snapper.co.nz/Snapper-technology/
Kia mōhio mai koe, ēhara tēnei i te pānui hokohoko mo Snapper. Ko tāku noa he whakaatu i tēnei hangarau miharo e whakapā kaha mai ana ki a tātou i ēnei rā.
The Total Mobility Scheme
The Total Mobility Scheme subsidises taxi travel for certain people who are unable to use public transport. In the Wellington Region thousands of eligible people have been issued with a modified version of the Snapper card.
This special card also includes a Photo ID, and can be used in taxis. The travel information from those users is sent directly from the card reader to a central database which is easily able to track the spending on the subsidy scheme.
Many community organisations help administer the Total Mobility Scheme. They liaise with individuals who are entitled to the special cards and update their details in the database.
The Total Mobility Scheme (He Hōtaka Kawekawe Tangata)
Ko te Hōtaka Kawekawe Tangata he kaupapa ki te tautoko i nga haererenga mā runga takihi mo rātou e kore e ahei ki te eke i ngā pahi me ngā tereina. He manomano ngā tāngata i te takiwā whānui o Poneke kua whiwhi i tēnei tū momo kāri Snapper.
Kei ā te kāri nei he whakaahua o te tangata, e whakamahia ana te kāri nei mo te takihī. Ka tukuna ngā kōrero e hāngai ana ki ngā haererenga o te tangata mai i te kairīti kāri o te takihī ki tētahi putunga hōtuku matua, he putunga hōtuku e āta whaiwhai haere ana i te whakapaunga o te pūtea tautoko.
ē hia kē nei ngā roopu hapori e kaha ana ki te whakatutuki i te Hōtaka Kawekawe Tangata. Ko tā ngā roopu nei he whakapā atu ki te hunga e tika ana mo te kāri motuhake nei, me te whakahōu i ngā raraunga tuakiri o te tangata i te putunga hōtuku.
Thousands of vouchers are gone
The new system replaces thousands of paper vouchers that used to be required, and all the handling and delays that went with them.
The Wellington Regional Council, who administer the funding on behalf of the Government, will now be able to more easily and more quickly track how the subsidy is being used.
Participating community organisations will be able to easily identify anomalies in travel patterns.
They may for example see that Mrs Smith has not used the travel card for a couple of weeks. This may trigger a visit to check that Mrs Smith is okay.
Kua kore nga manomano pepa tautoko
Nā te punaha hou nei i mutu ai ngā pepa tautoko manomano nō mua, kua mutu hoki ngā mahi whakapōturi, whakahōha hoki e pā ana ki ngā pepa tautoko tawhito nei.
He ngawari ake mo te Kaunihera o Poneke, te māngai whakatuku tautoko o te kāwanatanga, ki te whai atu i ngā wāhi e whakapaungia ai te pūtea nei.
Ka mōhio hoki ngā roopu hapori mena he rerekē ngā haererenga o te tangata.
Hei tauira, ki te kore a Mrs Smith e whakamahi i tōna kāri mo te rua wiki ka whakatupatohia te hunga hāpori i tēnei āhuatanga rerekē. Nā runga i te āwangawanga nei ka tukuna pea tētahi ki te toro atu i a Mrs Smith.
A model for others
It's early days for the new electronic scheme. It'll be interesting to see how it plays out, and whether this system will be picked up in other parts of the country too.
Note: I was involved in training the community organisations to work with the database.
He tauira mō te hunga whānui
He tino hōu tonu te kaupapa nei. He mahi pārekareka te whai atu i tōna whakatinanatanga, me te āta mātaki i ngā nekeneke o takiwā kē ki te kite mena ka whaia mai te tauira nei.
Hei tāpiri: Ko au tētahi o ngā kaiwhakangūngū i ngā roopu Hapori ki te whakamahi i te putunga hōtuku.
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