Vodafone’s prepaid mobile phone users now have the option to purchase their top‐up vouchers from self‐service kiosk terminals. Click here for the full story...

10 new CHS note exchange kiosks have been installed at Sky City Auckland.

The new kiosks have been designed for supervised environments.

Sky City patrons will find the kiosks simple to use with customer prompts on the touch screen.

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Bus Patrons on Auckland's North Shore now have the option to purchase their bus tickets at self-service ticketing terminals. The CHS GLOBAL Ticketing machines are installed at three of the bus terminals and accept payment by credit card or cash and give change.
As these ticketing machines are capable of facilitating virtually limitless fare types; the terminals have also been programmed to sell prepaid Concession Tickets.

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The Good DesignTM awards programme is the world's oldest and most internationally celebrated design competition that recognises prominent designers and manufacturers for originality, innovation, and for advancing new product concepts beyond basic product and consumer design.

The METRO Pay & Display Meter was selected from hundreds of award submissions from over 26 nations for products such as the new 787 Boeing airplane to the Mercedes-Benz C-Class.

Mark Oliver, CHS Technical Director is delighted that the METRO Parking Meter has won international acclaim. He says, “The fact that the Good Design award has been won by some highly noted designers and design teams, including Apple for the latest iPods and BMW for the Z4 Roadster, puts into perspective the level of quality design work for our METRO Meter. The METRO is today one of our best selling products and it is exciting that InFact our design company here in New Zealand has achieved international recognition for their design contribution.”

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The Queen Charlotte Track (QCT) runs almost the entire length of New Zealand's Queen Charlotte Sound. This 71 kilometre spectacular walking track passes through historic sites, secluded bays and lush coastal bush. Important steps have been taken to protect the future of the QCT to ensure it will always be a place of rare beauty and freedom. From 1 October 2007 all adult unguided track visitors contribute $5 to the QCT Tribute Fund.
QCT Tribute tickets are purchased from the dedicated ticket machine located at Picton Town Wharf prior to departure on a track experience. The money collected through the tribute system is invested in a trust fund that will be used to look after the best interests of the track.

There are now 159 CHS Meters operating in the Tauranga central business district. The machines accept coins, credit card and the popular TXT-a-Park mobile phone payment system.

Queenstown is one of New Zealand's busiest tourist hubs attracting thousands of visitors each year. Its downtown area is a compact and picturesque shopping precinct with a vibrant retail scene with shops open all day and much of the evening, 365 days of the year. METRO pay and display meters now control all of the on-street parking.

The METRO parking meter won the silver award in the Product/Non Consumer Category judged by the Designers Institute of NZ. Entries were judged on the basis of originality, creativity, appropriateness, technical innovation, craftsmanship, skill, use of resources and ability to meet the brief.
Judges took special account of how well the design solution met the requirements of the client and the needs of the end user/viewer. Entries were presented to the judges with no marks, symbols, or labels that readily identified the designer/s.

With a population of over 335,000, Manukau is New Zealand's third largest city. In September Manukau City Council has invested in CHS METRO Pay & Display Parking Meters to control their parking around the Manukau CBD area.

METRO meters are now operating in the Antarctic Centre Car Park. Centre Management was mindful of the negative effect bycharging its customers for both parking and an entrance fee to the attraction. “Our reason for introducing paid parking was not to seek extra revenue but to purge the ‘freeloaders’. We have achieved this objective and will now look into passing on some of this revenue as donations to Conservation Trusts and Associations that work with the rehabilitation of wounded and sick penguins.
Hopefully a campaign of this nature will help soften the blow dealt to our customers - even if it is only $1 an hour.” Click here for full story…

Over 500 CHS METRO Pay & Display Meters are now operating in Nelson and Christchurch.
Christchurch Mayor Garry Moore was the first to use the new machines that accept coins, credit cards or cellphone TXT, giving drivers greater flexibility in how they pay for parking.
“The new machines are very easy to use. You just select your payment option and follow the on-screen instructions, collect your receipt and place it on the passenger side of your dashboard“ Garry Moore says. Click here for full story…

CHS Parking Systems has been awarded the contract for the supply of 60 METRO Pay & Display Meters complete with Coin, Credit Card and TXT-a-Park payment facilities with responsibilities for ongoing maintenance services and cash collections.

CHS Parking Systems has been awarded the contract for the supply of 120 METRO Pay & Display Meters complete with Coin, Credit Card and TXT-a-Park payment facilities with responsibilities for ongoing maintenance services and cash collections.

CHS Parking Systems, the largest supplier in New Zealand of Pay & Display parking meters and coin mechanisms to the vending industry ensured that their customers were prepared for the coin changeover well in advance.
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In 2005 CHS began installing CHS GLOBAL Pay & Display meters throughout the Gold Coast. Thousands of lollipop meters have been removed to make way for 411 GLOBAL Meters installed in the tourist areas of Surfers Paradise, Broadbeach and Burleigh Heads, and commercial business suburbs of Bundall and Southport. A further 23 units were installed installed in early 2007.
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As Australia’s 6th largest CBD, Parramatta City Council has invested in CHS GLOBAL Pay & Display Parking Meters to control their parking and traffic flows. With over 75% of commuters using private vehicles to visit the CBD, Parramatta City Council introduced paid parking in 2005 to improve car park turnover. Research showed that long-stay parkers continued to occupy available spaces limiting the opportunities for shoppers and residents’ parking. This was particularly evident around the busy transport hub of the train station. 366 GLOBAL Pay & Display Meters have now been installed which have improved parking space accessibility for visitors.
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In the past six months, CHS Parking Systems has won contracts in Sydney, Melbourne, Wellington, and now Auckland City for its EZiPark Global pay-and-display parking meter.
Rather than scrambling for change, motorists can pay by mobile and the fee is charged to their monthly phone bill. The telecommunications companies then pay the fees to the council in a lump sum. Motorists can also swipe their credit card for the payment - and the machine will still accept coins.
Aucklanders will soon have over 800 of the sleek, silver, solar-powered meters in the central city after CHS won the contract from the city council. This follows the successful trial of a dozen GLOBAL meters on Princes St near the University of Auckland. The parking meters offer a "walk-up-start" which means cellphones do not need to be pre-registered for the service. Credit card payments are pre-authorised for transaction security.
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In September 150 CHS GLOBAL Pay & Display Parking Meters were installed in Sydney for Lane Cove and Willoughby City Councils. The GLOBAL cabinet has a modern and fresh look lending itself for a variety of promotional applications. The cabinet design allowed Willoughby City Council to use their meters as ‘canvases’ for works of art.
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At the North Shore Westpac Enterprise Awards function held in Auckland with over 650 applicants in attendance CHS was a finalist in two categories, winning the 2005 Year Award for Innovation and also scooping the prize as first runner up for the Export Award.
The Innovation Award sponsored by 3M was presented to CHS by 3M Group General Manager Mr Kim Novak.
On addressing the audience the judges recognized CHS as a vibrant company with innovative product design and for delivering a number of firsts for the Australasian Parking Market such as TXT-a-Park and on-line Credit Card Payment.
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Newcastle City installed over 70 CHS GLOBAL Pay and Display Meters with another 30 units added to their fleet in 2006. With a permanent resident population of around 150,000 and increasing visitors and tourism, Newcastle’s busy parking areas were in need of reliable and user friendly meters. “We chose GLOBAL Meters because of their reliability, audit capabilities and streamlined looks” says Mike Heather - Parking Services Coordinator for City of Newcastle

TXT-a-Park is a joint venture design between CHS Parking Systems and Synergy International (one of NZ’s leading edge software development firms), incorporating SMS messaging for payment of parking fees by mobile phone. The pilot trial launched in January 2004 was an astounding success and today most Pay & Display Meters operating in New Zealand offer thi popluar payment method.
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