Two additional Segway Personal Transporters (PTs) configured as the security-focused Patroller models were in use at The Base shopping mall over the Christmas period.
The Base has been using Segway PTs for daily security, traffic and management purposes since 2008. Come Christmas each year, the Mall management team hires one or two additional Segway PTs from Segway New Zealand to augment the Segway PT that is permanently stationed there with Red Badge Security, the company that holds the security contract.
After being collected back from The Base these Segway PTs were deployed to help manage the St Patrick's Day Parade down Auckland's Queen and Customs Streets. This event is run by Crackerjack Promotions, who also hire Segway PTs for the Santa Parade and many other events.
Elsewhere, the University of Canterbury has just purchased new tyres for the Segway PT used by the Locksmith. This University has been deploying Segway PTs since 2006, beginning with on-campus mail delivery, then security patrols, then for site maintenance in the role with the historically title The Locksmith.